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Important Question And Answer: Civil - Housing Programs

Civil - Housing Planning and Management - 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.

 

 

 

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