| Author | Bari, Chowdhury Fazle |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-80-02 |
| Subject(s) | Housing, Rural--Bangladesh
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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 | This research is an exploratory study on rural housing in Bangladesh. The survey was carried out between September and November 1979 in three villages of Mirasharai Thana, Chittagong District, in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh.
The study area had been selected to be representative of
typical rural areas of the country.
The physical structures of rural housing and its essential components, villagers' perception and attitude towards
rural housing, and the various types of dwellings were systematically studied.
It was found that most of the rural dwellings were below the level of acceptance for living conditions in terms of physical structures, hygiene and
sanitation requirements. to be their major problem. However, the villagers had not perceived housing They were found to be interested in improving their prevailing housing conditions on a self-help basis and contributing their own labor, without taking any housebuilding loan or undertaking any additional expenditure.
The study also identified the rural housing system by dividing it into three major categories-temporary, semi-permanent and permanent-according to the structural and physical conditions. The agricultural occupation plays the most important role in determining the ownership of semi-permanent and permanent rural housing structures.
This study suggests improvement of rural housing through mass education,
encouragement of small-scale economic activities and the elimination of some
basic defects of dwellings and their surroundings.
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef
; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Dias, Hiran D. ;Weber, Karl E.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1980 |