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作者

Asma Sharafeddin;Ingrid Arocho

来源

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.122,P.102513

语言

英文

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作者单位

Oregon State University, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, 101 Kearney Hall Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA;Oregon State University, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, 101 Kearney Hall Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA;Dr Daniel Ibrahim Dabara School of the Built Environment, Real Estate Programme, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom;Department of Estate Management, Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State, Nigeria;School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China;Department of Geography, Environment and Geo-Information, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China;Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China;School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China;Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Bournemouth University, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom;College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China;Center for Land Policy and Law, Beijing, 100193, China

摘要

A house is the center of socioeconomic activities for the resident family. More than that, it is part of the physical layout of the community, reflects the society's culture, and significantly affects the residents' behavior. Public housing (PH) programs or low-income and affordable housing are a large portion of the housing in developed and less developed countries. Thus, sustainable public housing (SPH) will promote the quality of life in those societies. This paper discusses the current situation of the PH programs in the USA and Libya from a sustainable perspective, focusing on the social aspect. Some social problems in PH programs in the USA are related to discrimination and isolation. In comparison, social problems in the Libyan PH programs appear to be related to a lack of cultural sensitivity while designing the residences. The study presented here evaluates the attempts that have been applied to provide potential solutions to these social problems based on comparing the two countries' PH situations. The study highlighted how both countries could benefit from each other's PH programs. It provides recommendations that decision-makers can use to improve the PH situations. It also provides application processes based on the traditional Libyan housing (TLH) and neighborhood features in both countries that could help improve the PH social environment for current and future projects.