Affordable housing: quality and lifestyle theories — Northumbria University Research Portal Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content Northumbria University Research Portal Home Home Profiles Research Units Projects Research output Prizes Activities Search by expertise, name or affiliation Affordable housing: quality and lifestyle theories Ashraf M. Salama (Editor), Urmi Sengputa (Editor) Architecture and Built Environment Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review Overview Fingerprint Abstract Affordable housing has long been an important planning and design concern in large urban areas and around the peripheries of major cities where population growth has led to an increasing demand for descent housing environments. The issue of affordability has attracted researchers and scholars to explore planning and design determinants, financing mechanisms, cultural and social issues, and construction and building techniques. This interest has been the case for several decades since affordable housing themes have offered a rich research area that involves many paradoxes that keep presenting challenges for planners, architects, and decision makers. Housing costs are increasing in most cities and incomes are not increasing at the same rate. Governments, on the other hand, are unable to provide sufficient housing stock to bridge the gap between demand and supply due to decreasing housing budgets and the lack of investment. Undoubtedly, the issue of housing affordability is widespread worldwide. Governments have responded to this issue through ways of cost reductions in order to make homes available at a price that a user is able to pay. However, this area of concern has been a permanent preoccupation of housing technocrats consumed in the quality and location of the housing unit, often overlooking other socio-cultural and psychological dimensions adhered to it. The academic community is no exception; it has responded to the issue of housing affordability by conducting research that places emphasis on the physical aspects of dwellings, while oversimplifying other critical demands placed on affordable housing provision by society and the environment. Building on the earlier publications by the guest editors (Sengupta 2006; Salama, 2006; Salama and Alshuwaikhat, 2006; and Salama, 2007), this issue of open house international places high value on establishing links between issues that pertain to affordable housing, quality, and life style theories as manifested in socio-cultural factors, user preferences, and environmental attitudes. In essence, the papers selected for this edition address timely and pressing issues that continuously present themselves on the map of polemics on affordable housing both in developed and developing contexts, from Ecuador to Australia, from Turkey to Bangladesh and India, and from United Kingdom to Nigeria. Key issues of some of the papers presented in this issue are highlighted to reflect emerging understandings toward developing responsive affordable housing. Original language English Pages (from-to) 1-132 Number of pages 132 Journal Open House International Volume 36 Issue number 3 Publication status Published - 30 Sep 2011 Other files and links Full Special Issue on Publishers Website Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Affordable housing: quality and lifestyle theories'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. affordable housing Earth & Environmental Sciences 100% housing quality Social Sciences 97% lifestyle Earth & Environmental Sciences 74% housing provision Earth & Environmental Sciences 14% social construction Earth & Environmental Sciences 13% demand Earth & Environmental Sciences 11% cost reduction Earth & Environmental Sciences 10% planning Earth & Environmental Sciences 10% View full fingerprint Cite this APA Author BIBTEX Harvard Standard RIS Vancouver Salama, A. M., & Sengputa, U. (Eds.) (2011). Affordable housing: quality and lifestyle theories. Open House International, 36(3), 1-132. Salama, Ashraf M. (Editor) ; Sengputa, Urmi (Editor). / Affordable housing : quality and lifestyle theories. In: Open House International. 2011 ; Vol. 36, No. 3. pp. 1-132. @article{5aeb7b3fec9e477aaccd725ac85f1740, title = "Affordable housing: quality and lifestyle theories", abstract = "Affordable housing has long been an important planning and design concern in large urban areas and around the peripheries of major cities where population growth has led to an increasing demand for descent housing environments. The issue of affordability has attracted researchers and scholars to explore planning and design determinants, financing mechanisms, cultural and social issues, and construction and building techniques. This interest has been the case for several decades since affordable housing themes have offered a rich research area that involves many paradoxes that keep presenting challenges for planners, architects, and decision makers. Housing costs are increasing in most cities and incomes are not increasing at the same rate. Governments, on the other hand, are unable to provide sufficient housing stock to bridge the gap between demand and supply due to decreasing housing budgets and the lack of investment. Undoubtedly, the issue of housing affordability is widespread worldwide. Governments have responded to this issue through ways of cost reductions in order to make homes available at a price that a user is able to pay. However, this area of concern has been a permanent preoccupation of housing technocrats consumed in the quality and location of the housing unit, often overlooking other socio-cultural and psychological dimensions adhered to it. The academic community is no exception; it has responded to the issue of housing affordability by conducting research that places emphasis on the physical aspects of dwellings, while oversimplifying other critical demands placed on affordable housing provision by society and the environment.Building on the earlier publications by the guest editors (Sengupta 2006; Salama, 2006; Salama and Alshuwaikhat, 2006; and Salama, 2007), this issue of open house international places high value on establishing links between issues that pertain to affordable housing, quality, and life style theories as manifested in socio-cultural factors, user preferences, and environmental attitudes. In essence, the papers selected for this edition address timely and pressing issues that continuously present themselves on the map of polemics on affordable housing both in developed and developing contexts, from Ecuador to Australia, from Turkey to Bangladesh and India, and from United Kingdom to Nigeria. Key issues of some of the papers presented in this issue are highlighted to reflect emerging understandings toward developing responsive affordable housing. ", keywords = "affordable housing, quality housing, lifestyle theories, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities", author = "Salama, {Ashraf M.} and Urmi Sengputa", year = "2011", month = sep, day = "30", language = "English", volume = "36", pages = "1--132", journal = "Open House International", issn = "0168-2601", publisher = "Open House International Association", number = "3", } Salama, AM & Sengputa, U (eds) 2011, 'Affordable housing: quality and lifestyle theories', Open House International, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 1-132. Affordable housing : quality and lifestyle theories. / Salama, Ashraf M. (Editor); Sengputa, Urmi (Editor). In: Open House International, Vol. 36, No. 3, 30.09.2011, p. 1-132. Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review TY - JOUR T1 - Affordable housing T2 - quality and lifestyle theories A2 - Salama, Ashraf M. A2 - Sengputa, Urmi PY - 2011/9/30 Y1 - 2011/9/30 N2 - Affordable housing has long been an important planning and design concern in large urban areas and around the peripheries of major cities where population growth has led to an increasing demand for descent housing environments. The issue of affordability has attracted researchers and scholars to explore planning and design determinants, financing mechanisms, cultural and social issues, and construction and building techniques. This interest has been the case for several decades since affordable housing themes have offered a rich research area that involves many paradoxes that keep presenting challenges for planners, architects, and decision makers. Housing costs are increasing in most cities and incomes are not increasing at the same rate. Governments, on the other hand, are unable to provide sufficient housing stock to bridge the gap between demand and supply due to decreasing housing budgets and the lack of investment. Undoubtedly, the issue of housing affordability is widespread worldwide. Governments have responded to this issue through ways of cost reductions in order to make homes available at a price that a user is able to pay. However, this area of concern has been a permanent preoccupation of housing technocrats consumed in the quality and location of the housing unit, often overlooking other socio-cultural and psychological dimensions adhered to it. The academic community is no exception; it has responded to the issue of housing affordability by conducting research that places emphasis on the physical aspects of dwellings, while oversimplifying other critical demands placed on affordable housing provision by society and the environment.Building on the earlier publications by the guest editors (Sengupta 2006; Salama, 2006; Salama and Alshuwaikhat, 2006; and Salama, 2007), this issue of open house international places high value on establishing links between issues that pertain to affordable housing, quality, and life style theories as manifested in socio-cultural factors, user preferences, and environmental attitudes. In essence, the papers selected for this edition address timely and pressing issues that continuously present themselves on the map of polemics on affordable housing both in developed and developing contexts, from Ecuador to Australia, from Turkey to Bangladesh and India, and from United Kingdom to Nigeria. Key issues of some of the papers presented in this issue are highlighted to reflect emerging understandings toward developing responsive affordable housing. AB - Affordable housing has long been an important planning and design concern in large urban areas and around the peripheries of major cities where population growth has led to an increasing demand for descent housing environments. The issue of affordability has attracted researchers and scholars to explore planning and design determinants, financing mechanisms, cultural and social issues, and construction and building techniques. This interest has been the case for several decades since affordable housing themes have offered a rich research area that involves many paradoxes that keep presenting challenges for planners, architects, and decision makers. Housing costs are increasing in most cities and incomes are not increasing at the same rate. Governments, on the other hand, are unable to provide sufficient housing stock to bridge the gap between demand and supply due to decreasing housing budgets and the lack of investment. Undoubtedly, the issue of housing affordability is widespread worldwide. Governments have responded to this issue through ways of cost reductions in order to make homes available at a price that a user is able to pay. However, this area of concern has been a permanent preoccupation of housing technocrats consumed in the quality and location of the housing unit, often overlooking other socio-cultural and psychological dimensions adhered to it. The academic community is no exception; it has responded to the issue of housing affordability by conducting research that places emphasis on the physical aspects of dwellings, while oversimplifying other critical demands placed on affordable housing provision by society and the environment.Building on the earlier publications by the guest editors (Sengupta 2006; Salama, 2006; Salama and Alshuwaikhat, 2006; and Salama, 2007), this issue of open house international places high value on establishing links between issues that pertain to affordable housing, quality, and life style theories as manifested in socio-cultural factors, user preferences, and environmental attitudes. In essence, the papers selected for this edition address timely and pressing issues that continuously present themselves on the map of polemics on affordable housing both in developed and developing contexts, from Ecuador to Australia, from Turkey to Bangladesh and India, and from United Kingdom to Nigeria. Key issues of some of the papers presented in this issue are highlighted to reflect emerging understandings toward developing responsive affordable housing. KW - affordable housing KW - quality housing KW - lifestyle theories KW - SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0168-2601/vol/36/iss/3 M3 - Meeting Abstract VL - 36 SP - 1 EP - 132 JO - Open House International JF - Open House International SN - 0168-2601 IS - 3 ER - Salama AM, (ed.), Sengputa U, (ed.). Affordable housing: quality and lifestyle theories. Open House International. 2011 Sep 30;36(3):1-132. Powered by Pure, Scopus & Elsevier Fingerprint Engine™ © 2022 Elsevier B.V. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies Log in to Pure Northumbria University Research Portal data protection policy About web accessibility Contact us