Rural housing land accounted for 67.3% of China’s total construction land in 2000. While there are numerous studies analyzing the loss of arable land due to urban sprawl, less attention has been paid to the study of rural housing land in China. This paper develops a theoretical framework for rural housing land transition in China. It introduces a research method, which is using the spatial diff...

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purpose: the study is descriptive and analytical that was performed with the aim of the study and evaluation of the rural satisfaction level in avramanat region of kermanshah province and identifys the factors affecting their satisfaction of their housing units. methodology: the studies populations are consists of 22279 rural households in 4 cities in of kermanshah province is located in the av...

Higher and middle income residents in Nairobi, Kenya have demonstrated a great craving forgated community housing. The phenomenon is manifested in all forms of residential property advertisements andin most new residential developments. The objective of this paper is to establish the drivers of the gated communitydevelopments in Nairobi County by identifying and documenting the push factors cau...

This paper examines the effect of rental housing development subsidized by the government’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program on local crime. We take advantage of changes in the formula used to determine the eligibility of census tracts for Qualified Census Tract (QCT) status, which affects the size of the tax credits developers receive for building lowincome housing. QCT status attracts re...

Housing provision in Nigeria has not only been plagued by insufficiency numbers, but also inadequacies quality. quality is a predictor of housing adequacy. Adequate that congruence with family’s needs and social status. Achieving this balance creates the possibility residents experiencing satisfaction their housing. must therefore be viewed as critical element provision, it can substantially im...