An evaluation of the quality of built housing environment and improvement of quality of life for the beneficiaries : case study of Waterloo and Quarry Heights.
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2002
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This research work evaluates the quality of built housing environment and the improvement of the quality of life for the beneficiary communities under the South African Housing Policy. It pays special reference to the Case Study of Waterloo and Quarry Heights within the jurisdiction of Durban Unicity. In order to assess the quality of built housing environment whether it has a potential to improve the quality of life for the client communities the researcher set indicators which are: Integrated planned housing environment, residential quality, suitable building material, secured housing environments, standard of dwelling units, housing environment with economic infrastructure, housing environment that allows fleXibility and extension, and housing environment that has got development infrastructure and social services. These indicators are used in this study as important tool in evaluating the quality of built housing environment.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)-University of Natal, 2002.
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Housing--Location--Durban Metropolitian Area., Housing--Durban Metropolitan Area--Waterloo., Housing--Durban Metropolitan Area--Quarry Heights., Quality of life--Durban Metropolitan Area., Theses--Town and regional planning.