| Author | Reza, Farhadur |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-88-27 |
| Subject(s) | Housing policy--Bangladesh--Dhaka--Citizen participation
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| Note | A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for t he Award of the Degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Over the last few years a number of housing limited
companies have come up in Dhaka and they are building large
apartment buildings for sale as condominium units. However,
building a house is still an individual effort managed directly
by the prospective owner. This system entails inefficiencies,
both in the construction and in the utilization of land. The new
housing companies have introduced an institutionalized and
professional approach towards apartment building. It is now time
to explore the possibility of beginning a commercial housing
development industry to produce ready-made houses for sale to
different income groups in Dhaka.
The potential and the requirements, barriers and issues for
establishing this industry were studied. All the possibilities
related to the potential demand for and supply of ready-made
houses were systematically explored for identifying the realistic
requirements and barriers. Information was collected through
field surveys with interviews with both the housing developers as
well as the potential buyers.
The results of the study show that there is a substantial
potential market demand for ready-made houses within the buyers
affordability, and that from the developers point of view, it
would be profitable to supply ready- made houses. It wa s also
found out that the present government has the willingness to
commence ready-made house construction and they have already
started promoting it . Therefore, as well as providing serviced
plots or apartments, the developers can supply serviced plots
with complete houses for sale. They could also supply serviced
plots with partly- built houses so that the buyers can get a
cheaper unit with the opportunity for incremental expansion o f
the house in accordance with their own preference and
affordability. |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Archer, Raymon W.
|
| Examination Committee(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef ;Amin, A.T.M. Nurul
|
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development
Agency |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1988 |