Fostering culture resilience in housing for low-income earnersTools Haji Adenan, Rozia (2018) Fostering culture resilience in housing for low-income earners. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractRapid urbanisation of cities surpassing development in rural areas, have provided the alternative for many living in village areas to migrate. The influx of migrants into cities is unprecedented and can be overwhelming, resulting in issues of affordable housing. This is further complicated by rural-to-urban migration that is creating the urban phenomenon of slums and informal settlements in cities. Cities have accepted to them as part of the urban fabric, allowing them to remain so long as they contribute to the city. Developing countries of comparatively larger population, with similar climate and cultural backgrounds, face common challenges often resulting in high-rise housing. Affordable formal housing areas are built to accommodate relocating slum dwellers. While this may be an answer to accommodating the increasing density of people in many cities, issues of cultural preservation, vernacular architecture conservation, social structures, environmental comfort and sense of community are often compromised by this urban solution. For the urban poor, it is these very aspects that they rely and depend on to survive the expensive living conditions. In spite of this, they continue living in cities. What is it that makes them tolerate their conditions? Can their resilience be the basis of sustainable housing community for low-income earners?
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