Sustainable housing applications and policies for low-income self-build and housing rehab

Sullivan, Esther; Ward, Peter M.

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.10.009

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“…This urban growth causes excessive pressure on the existing infrastructure, which affects buildings, public transportation, road networks, water quality, waste collection and public health (Grewal & Grewal, 2012). New settlements continue to be created informally at the urban periphery (Sullivan & Ward, 2012). In addition, cities occupy extensive areas and they cause significant loss of agricultural land, green areas, increased level of consumerism and larger travelling distances in people's daily lives (Turok, 2011).…”

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Towards a green sustainable strategy for social neighbourhoods in Latin America: Case from social housing in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

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Sanyé‐Mengual

Oliver-Solà

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Habitat International

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Towards a green sustainable strategy for social neighbourhoods in Latin America: Case from social housing in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Cerón-Palma

Sanyé‐Mengual

Oliver-Solà

et al. 2013

Habitat International

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“…It increased the overall energy intensity of these households. Such refurbishments are widely performed due to the low-rise building typology across Brazil [74]. However, such refurbishments were absent in the high-rise typology of the SRH.…”

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Energy Justice in Slum Rehabilitation Housing: An Empirical Exploration of Built Environment Effects on Socio-Cultural Energy Demand

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The interaction of energy and buildings institutes a complex socio-technical system that influences the eudemonic well-being of the occupants. Understanding these drivers become even more necessary in impoverished areas where occupants struggle to avail essential energy services. The literature indicates that energy injustice can be addressed through provisioning of comfort, cleanliness, and convenience (3Cs) as critical cultural energy services in low-income areas. This study investigates the socio-architectural influence for slum rehabilitation housing (SRH) on cultural energy services that can promote distributive justice. The methodology adopts an empirical route using data from 200 household surveys from SRH in Mumbai, India, and João Pessoa, Brazil. A model between the 3Cs and socio-architectural elements was established using Firth's binary logistic regression. The survey results showed that the SRH in Brazil had twice the appliance ownership as compared to the Mumbai SRH. There were distinct energy service preferences in the study areas, despite common poverty burdens. The empirical results showed that the lack of socio-architectural design elements like open spaces, privacy, and walkability in the study areas demanded specific comfort and convenience appliances as a counter-response. A critical policy implication drawn was on the need for socio-architectural inclusive energy planning for distributive justice in poverty. Mitigating rising energy demand through appropriate built environment design of slum rehabilitation housing can contribute to fulfilling the UN's SDG 7 (clean and affordable energy) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities) goals.Sustainability 2020, 12, 3027 2 of 27 that determine the energy culture of a place [3]. Understanding energy culture can aid in designing "just" policies in a bottom-up targeted manner for equitable distribution of energy resources, especially for poverty alleviation [4,5].Energy cultures are derived from everyday energy practices, norms, and the material reality of the built environment that drives the need for specific energy services [6]. An energy culture translates everyday energy consumption into household welfare, which promotes energy justice. It is the responsibility of an energy-just system to increase welfare by improving individuals' capabilities for maximising utility [7]. Distributive energy justice entitles people to a basic set of minimum energy services that enhance their eudemonic well-being [8]. However, the current literature lacks evidence on the thresholds of a minimum of energy services as energy consumption at a household level is principally viewed as a physical quantity that is measured in a standardised unit (kilowatt-hour (kWh)) [9].Besides, at the individual level, energy is consumed in the form of "cultural energy services", which is driven by a complex socio-technical system of energy and built environment interaction [6,10,11]. This complex system is collectively referred to as human-scale energy services (HUSES) [12]. Anthropolo...

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“…An individualized approach that handles each family can obviously help, but it is generally assumed that a common approach is more efficient in that cooperation between families is considered desirable. Theoretically, there are several possible solutions for sustainable housing and their corresponding applications that are particularly affordable for low-income households, including new designs and techniques, building materials, and sustainable energy solutions [67]. The principles of sustainability are often addressed in development plans.…”

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The Significance of Community Training Centers in Building Affordable Housing and Developing Settlements

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This paper examines the visions and the roles of community training centers (CTCs) in community development and housing provision in developing countries from the perspective of assisted self-help housing. It reviews a Korean community center that contributed to community-led self-help housing for low-income groups in the 1970s. It also reviews a few notable CTCs from India, Uganda, Nepal, and three countries in Central America to examine the functions and contributions of the CTCs. It was found that CTCs play a central role in community empowerment and the production of affordable building materials receiving technical or financial assistance from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments. The paper makes a compelling case for CTCs by drawing on these exemplary cases to provide a development model that has the potential to facilitate the improvement of the living environment in developing countries.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2952 2 of 22 problem for low-income households in emerging cities with greater effect when it matches with appropriate external assistances.The hypothesis of this paper is that a community center has a significant role in self-help housing and the effect through this is boosted when this is assisted by external organizations in terms of building technic and finance. This paper examines the functions of a community center in community development and housing provision from the perspective of assisted self-help housing from housing development practices. This paper also investigates how low-cost housing production can be supported by the establishment of a community center, more specifically a community training center, (CTC) focusing on the relationship with NGOs and governments in technical, organizational, and financial assistance through this center. We use CTCs as a place or space for communal use, such as meetings and workshops, the function of which can be extended to a place for training or production for self-help housing.Park et al.[5] suggested a comprehensive community center that has multiple functions as follows. A CTC can play a central role in involving the residents of settlements or development areas, both in upgrading and streamlining collective housing and home-renovation processes. It may also engage in the provision of temporary 'transit houses' for those who are waiting for a new or renovated house, and/or are participating in a mutual house building or renovation process. A CTC can also have evolving and dynamic functions. Initially, it can operate as a community space for group meetings, such as education and training seminars held by NGOs, and then it can move on to function as a normal community center or neighborhood facility. The presence of a CTC can stimulate households to participate in neighborhood development and the construction of safe affordable homes. The sense of "belonging" or ownership over communal facilities and the houses can grow, and this is beneficial for future owners and residents. A production unit to build materials and transit homes...

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Sustainable housing applications and policies for low-income self-build and housing rehab

Cited by 62 publications

References 23 publications

Towards a green sustainable strategy for social neighbourhoods in Latin America: Case from social housing in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Towards a green sustainable strategy for social neighbourhoods in Latin America: Case from social housing in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Energy Justice in Slum Rehabilitation Housing: An Empirical Exploration of Built Environment Effects on Socio-Cultural Energy Demand

The Significance of Community Training Centers in Building Affordable Housing and Developing Settlements

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