A comparison of self-help lower-income housing in community-based and individualistic settlements in urban Mexico

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dc.contributor.authorBurnham, Richard A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairKnox, Paul L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEdwards, Patricia K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRodriguez-Camilloni, Humberto L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberScarpaci, Joseph L. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBelsky, Ericen
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Design and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:17:01Zen
dc.date.adate2007-08-03en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:17:01Zen
dc.date.issued1992-04-05en
dc.date.rdate2007-08-03en
dc.date.sdate2007-08-03en
dc.description.abstractThis study compares housing in two lower-income self help settlement types -- community-based and individualistic -- in two contemporary Mexican urban settings: Mexico City and Tlalnepantla. The research investigates differences in housing design preferences of occupant-builders, reflections of these preferences in built environments, and resulting housing consolidation levels. Of seven elicited housing design preferences investigated, only one suggests statistically significant differences between settlement types in both cities. Community- based settlement respondents tend to prefer an ideology for minimal and equal housing for alIi while individualistic settlement respondents, in contrast, focus on individuals' economic problems in securing private housing. Analyses of the two built environment types show design preference differences reflected in built housing.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentx, 372 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08032007-102236en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08032007-102236/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39019en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1992.B876.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 27478816en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1992.B876en
dc.subject.lcshHousing -- Mexicoen
dc.subject.lcshLow-income housing -- Mexicoen
dc.subject.lcshSelf-help housing -- Mexicoen
dc.titleA comparison of self-help lower-income housing in community-based and individualistic settlements in urban Mexicoen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Design and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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