| Author | Khan, Atta Ullah |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.HS-82-24 |
| Subject(s) | Housing, Cooperative--Pakistan--Lahore
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Mutual help is an effective way of achieving cost reduction in housing. Projects on the principle of mutual help have been successful in bringing housing within the affordability of low income masses who otherwise are deprived of adequate housing from the market. The study aims at exploring· the feasibility of housing through mutual help in Lahore, Pakistan. It takes the most recent of such. projects, the Building Together Project in Bangkok, as a model.
The research has three components. Firstly, it explores
people's willingness to pay for housing, their acceptance of
the mutual help concept and their willingness to contribute
labour. Besides this investigation from presently tenant
households, owner-occupier households from the same income bracket of 45th to 60th percentile are surveyed to draw
inference for the nature of housing efforts and degree of
self help already in practice. This enables realistic assessment of financial. and manpower resources available. Secondly, current policies of the institutions involved in housing
including development agencies,
lending organizations and federal government are analyzed to see whether the environment in this context is conducive to undertake a mutual help housing project. Thirdly, the labour intensive technology package of the Building· Together Project is compared. with the traditional brick masonry in terms of construction cost of a unit designed to meet
willing respondents resources. And thirdly, the financial
feasibility of a pilot project for a small co munity on an existing site is determined.
The study concludes that given the target income group's
willingness to contribute and with the application of the
cost effective Building Together technology package, the
cost of the house would be considerably reduced and the
lower income masses will have access to adequate housing
through Building Together.
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| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Etherington, A. Bruce |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef ; Iwami, Toshikatsu
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1982 |