Residential satisfaction and housing policy evolution

239 Pages·2018·2.107 MB·English

by  Aigbavboa, Clinton, Thwala, Wellington

Residential Satisfaction and Housing
Policy Evolution
This book explores residential satisfaction and housing policy trends in develop-
ing nations by using subsidised low-income housing examples in South Africa,
Ghana and Nigeria as case studies. While there has been much documentation
on the formation of residential satisfaction and the evolution of housing policy
in developed nations, relatively little has been written about these topics in
developing nations.
Thisbookprovidesreaderswithtwomajorpracticalinsights.Thefirstisfocused
on the theoretical underpinning of residential satisfaction and the formation of
residentialsatisfactioninsubsidisedlow-incomehousingthroughthedevelopment
ofaconceptualframework,whilethesecondisfocusedonhousingpolicyevolution
anditstrendsinSouthAfrica.Inthissectionofthebook, comparativeoverviews
ofpublichousingintwoWestAfricancountriesareprovidedwithanemphasison
the philosophical basis for its development in these countries. The central aim of
the book is to provide readers with ideas on residential satisfaction formation and
housingpolicytrendsinSouthAfrica.
Thebookisthereforeofinteresttoresearchersinhousing,architecture,urban
planning, geography, sociology and development studies.
Clinton Aigbavboa is Senior Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, South
Africa. He is an active researcher with an interest in the field of sustainable
human development, with a research focus on the following areas: sustainable
housing regeneration (urban renewal and informal housing), life-cycle assess-
ment in the construction industry, leadership in low-income housing, post-
occupancy evaluation and green job creation.
Wellington Thwala is Professor in the Department of Construction Manage-
ment and Quantity Surveying at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Residential Satisfaction and Housing Policy Evolution
Clinton Aigbavboa and Wellington Thwala
Residential Satisfaction and
Housing Policy Evolution
Clinton Aigbavboa and Wellington Thwala
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Contents
Listofillustrations x
Listofabbreviations xi
Preface xiii
PARTI
Thefundamentals 1
1 Introduction 3
Introduction 3
Understandingresidentialsatisfaction 5
Housingadequacyissues 9
Objectivesofthebook 12
Summary 13
References 14
PARTII
Housingtheoriesandpolicydevelopment 17
2 Theoreticalperspectivesofhousingstudiesresearch 19
Introduction 19
Housingresearchtheory 19
Theoreticalperspectivesofhousingstudy 20
Keyaspectsoftherighttoadequatehousing 33
Commonmisconceptionsabouttherighttoadequatehousing 34
Methodologiesinhousingstudies 35
Summary 40
References 41
3 Housingpolicyevolutionanddevelopment 44
Introduction 44
viii Contents
Whatishousingpolicy? 44
Evolutionofhousingpolicyframework 47
Formsofhousingpolicy 50
Intentionsofhousingpolicy 56
Housingpolicyinstruments 58
Summary 60
References 61
PARTIII
HousingpolicyanddevelopmentinAfrica 63
4 HousingdevelopmentinGhana 65
Introduction 65
Housingindevelopingcountries 65
Ghana–background 71
HousinginGhana 72
PhilosophicalbasisforhousingdevelopmentinGhana 73
HistoryanddevelopmentofhousingpolicyinGhana 74
HousingpolicyinGhana 80
ChallengesfacingtheprovisionofhousinginGhana 81
HousinginGhana:needs,demandandsupply 82
LessonslearntfromGhanaianhousingstudies 82
Summary 83
References 83
5 HousingdevelopmentinNigeria 86
Introduction 86
Background 86
HousinginNigeria 87
PhilosophicalbasisforhousingdevelopmentinNigeria 90
ThehistoryofhousingpolicyinNigeria 91
HousingpolicyinNigeria 96
ChallengesfacingtheprovisionofhousinginNigeria 97
ProgrammessupportinghousingdeliveryinNigeria 99
HousinginNigeria–need,demandandsupply 101
LessonslearntfromNigerianhousingstudies 105
Summary 106
References 106
6 HousingdevelopmentinSouthAfrica 109
Introduction 109
HousingpolicydevelopmentinSouthAfrica 109
Contents ix
TheevolutionofhousingpolicyinSouthAfrica 111
HousingstatutoryandpolicyframeworkinSouthAfrica 114
HousingpolicyprogressinSouthAfrica(1994–2010) 128
Housingdeliveryandbacklogs 138
HousingdeliveryinSouthAfrica 140
LessonslearntfromSouthAfricanhousingstudies 144
Summary 146
References 147
PARTIV
Residentialsatisfactiontheoriesandresearch 149
7 Residentialsatisfactiontheories 151
Introduction 151
Thetheoriesofsatisfaction 151
Approachestothestudyofsatisfaction 154
Assessingresidentialsatisfaction 159
Problemsraisedinresidentialsatisfactionstudy 166
Methodologicalissuesinthestudyofresidentialsatisfaction 169
Residentialsatisfactionconceptualmodels 170
Measuringresidentialsatisfaction 177
Measuringresidentialqualityandadequacy(satisfaction) 178
Determinantsofresidentialsatisfaction 180
Summary 182
References 182
8 Conceptualperspectiveofresidentialsatisfactionformation 190
Introduction 190
Variableselectionforresidentialsatisfactionconceptualframework 190
Modelspecificationandjustification 207
Structuralandmeasurementcomponentsoftheconceptualframework 210
Summary 212
References 212
Index 217