To foster comparison of policy interventions across the various categories of licit and illicit drugs, we develop a typology of policies intended to address drug abuse problems. The principal dimensions of the typology are policy type and intervention channel. While the typology has important limitations, as a mechanism to organize information and stimulate thought it holds the potential to imp...

The existence of many field estates, despite their apparent order, from the landscape point view is chaotic, incoherent and inefficient in terms communication. article attempts to create a typology most characteristic layouts housing estates indicate main factors influencing formation building complexes. subject study analysis specificity spatial development suburban zones three cities: Rzeszów...

Nigeria has had several housing programmes and policies geared towards the provision of housing her citizens since colonial era to the post-colonial period. The Nigerian Government had always been directly involved in the provision of housing for the public servants and with the advent of the public-private partnership initiative, the low-income public servants’ acceptability of this new housin...

In 1871 an Act was passed by the Bengal Legislature regulating lodging-houses at Puri; it was expected that 3.168 houses would be licensed under the Act, but it appears that only 497 houses have up to this time been licensed, accommodating 14,463 of the 45.000 pilgrims sometimes assembled together at Puri. The Englishman argues, that, as the Government has lately ordered any tea-garden in which...

Gheel, the town of lunatics To the outsider Gheel is the town of lunatics. Here they go about freely, they can roam as they please, without any interference on the part of the public. The people of Gheel have a happy way of dealing with them and nobody objects to their presence. In fact they live and dwell with the families of Gheel, who take charge of them, as they give them board and lodging....

A model is proposed for predicting and measuring the housing satisfaction level of public housing schemes in South Africa, a case study of the Gauteng Province (economic hub of Southern Africa). The suggested model assumes the measurement of housing satisfaction both subjectively, in terms of beneficiaries’ satisfaction with the housing environment; the adequacy level of the dwelling and its en...

Background 81 million people face impoverishment from surgical costs every year. The majority of this impoverishment is attributable to the non-medical costs of care-for transportation, for food and for lodging. Of these, transportation is the largest, but because it is not viewed as an actual medical cost, it is frequently unaddressed. This paper examines the effect on surgical utilisation of ...

 Following the growing urbanization, choosing and providing housing has become one of the mos t important issues for planners as well as people. Developing a comprehensive program of housing needs complete identification and deep analysis of widespread dimensions of housing and factors affecting them. In the meantime, addressing housing indices, as the key planning tool forming its main thrus t...

The residential environment clearly affects health. For example, a previous study has established relationships between specific environmental factors and the health status of residents in detached houses. However, studies focused on apartment buildings are still insufficient. Therefore, this study, large nationwide questionnaire survey apartments was conducted. subjectively evaluated using Jap...