Important Question And Answer: Civil - Housing Programs

HOUSING PROGRAMS

1)What are the important concepts of the housing scheme?

v  Roominess

v  Flexibility

v  Grouping

v  Privacy

v  Elegance

2)What are the factors planning a housing scheme?

v  Social or cultural needs of the user

v  Cost factor or affordability

v  Climatic condition

v  Geological condition

v  House site should be able to get power supply, water supply, drainage, communication and transport.

3)What are the factors should be consider for the site selection?

v  Land cost

v  Distance from place of work

v  Ease of drainage

v  Location of school, college and public building

v  Wind velocity and direction

v  Annual rainfall

v  Transport facilities

4)What are the Public utility services?

v  Educational institutions

v  Electricity supply

v  Fire stations

v  Gas

v  Hospitals and health centers

v  Local industrial units

v  Market and shopping centre

v  Park and play ground

v  Public buildings like banks railway stations.

5)What are the advantages of cooperative housing?

v  The government should give the priority for the allotment of lands, building materials to the housing co operative.

v  The housing society should construct such houses for which the cost is with their limit of their members.

v  The poor and poor people should bring under scheme and entry of rich people should be discouraged in the housing co operatives.

6)What are the disadvantages of co-operative housing?

v  Non co-operation among the workers

v  Violation of rules and regulations

v  Misuse of powers

v  Improper supervision

v  Improper quality control in construction.

7)Define Slum?

The area is known as slum. Characterized by substandard housing

and living condition within a city.

8) What are the causes of slums?

v  Decentralization

v  Economic condition

v  Education

v  Improper use of land

v  Industrialization

v  Lack of zoning

v  Migrants

v  Powers of local authority.

v  Repair and maintenance.

9)What are the effects of slum?

v  Absence of amenities

v  Health

v  Surrounding locality

v  Undesirable spots

v  Working conditions

v  Slum clearance

10)           What are the objectives of slum Clearance?

v  To bring down the difference of the living standard of people of various classes

v  To prevent the occurrence of epidemics in the town or city

v  To provide the absolute basic minimum standard of essential amenities for a healthy living.

v  To remove the ugly spot or slum 'the town map.

11)           What are the methods of slum clearance?

Complete removal method

·        Improvement method

12)           What are the important points to be considered improvement method?

v Amenities v Legal aspects v Transit camps

v Unauthorized persons.

13)           How to prevent the slum formation?

v  Cheaper housing

v  Compulsion of housing to employees

v  Rules and regulations to construct buildings

v  Restrictions or rent increases

v  Social educations

v  Prevention of unauthorized construction.

14)           Define lack of zoning?

If the town is not divided into suitable zones like residential, industrial, commercial the slums may be formed.