The low income housing delivery system in Colombo, Sri Lanka | |
| Author | Vandebona, Upali |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 1217 |
| Subject(s) | Public housing--Sri Lanka--Colombo Low-income housing--Sri Lanka Colombo |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study aims at identifying the low income people's day to day solutions to their housing needs. The study also contains a policy analysis with respect to that housing delivery system. The l ow income housing delivery system in Colombo consists of 7 subsystems, namely the squatters housing subsystem, the temporary land tenure subsystem, the private housing subsystem, the employees housing subsystem, the commuters housing subsystem, the public construction subsystem and the public assistance subsystem. One third of the study population live in the squatters housing subsystem and another one third live in the public assistance subsystem. These subsystems are further subdivided into different types of the housing delivery system. |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1979 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Angel, Shlomo |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef ;Goede, J.H. de |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | British Government |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1977 |