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Hughes, Ruth. "Housing the workers : company housing provision in South Cumbria c1850-1939." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.423884.
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Hadi, Bagus P. "The process of public housing development by the National Housing Company in Jakarta, Indonesia." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/722798.
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Indonesia is in its era of development in almost every aspect of human life in which these development are directed and guided by the State Guidelines. One priority under the State Guidelines is housing development, specifically housing development for the low and middle income groups. 'Perumnas' or the National Housing Company is created by the government to take the responsibility of providing and developing affordable housing through a long term loan provided by the Bank Tabungan Negara (the State Savings Bank), with more careful observation to the population growth and its distribution, land use planning in urban and rural areas, job opportunity, health environment, social facility, local building material production, and maintain a balance with the regional development.Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia with its population of more than seven million people has become the primary city in Indonesia and it has been also as a major destination for migrants for jobs opportunities, public services, and information.This study has explored the National Housing Company strategies in dealing with the housing demand and the fast growing population, limited government financial funds, and land availability with special observation to the development of affordable housing in Jakarta; how the National Housing Company financed the housing program includes land and housing development, the methods of building construction, and the method of long term housing payment.Department of Urban Planning
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Cheong, Shu-keung Frankie. "Implementing total quality management in estate management company." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22360049.
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O'Halloran, Veronica Anne. "Coalminers' housing in Fife : company housing and social relations in Fife mining communities, 1870-1930." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14638.
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Fife coal-owners owned their workers houses and controlled the processes of housing provision and allocation. They were both employers and landlords. As a result the spheres of home and work were inextricably linked. This thesis examines the nature of the social relations arising from this "tied" relationship in the light of both local and national, political, economic and social developments, between 1870 and 1930. The themes of deference, paternalism, community, socialisation and social control, and the residual effects of pre-existing social relations, particularly pre-industrial relations of production, are explored. The empirical research concentrates upon the analysis of two coal companies in particular; the Fife Coal Company Ltd. and the Wemyss Coal Company. These companies operated coal mines in contrasting geographical locations; the former throughout inland west Fife and the latter along coastal south-east Fife. Each company built rows of colliers' houses in close proximity to the mines. At the beginning of the period housing for coal-miners was provided, not by speculative builders on the open market, but, by the coal-owners through their company architects and sub-contractors. Houses were provided as part of the employment contract as a means of attracting and maintaining the workforce. By the end of the period, the State, through the agency of local authorities, was the principal provider of working class housing in mining communities; coal companies had withdrawn from the housing market. The thesis attempts to explain this process in terms of changing social relations of production.
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WANG, QIAN, and SISI XIAO. "To motivate employees in a Swedish housing company : AB Älvkarlebyhus." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-11384.
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Title: To motivate employees in a Swedish housing company—Älvkarlebyhus Level: Second Cycle 15 Credits Authors: QIAN WANG(Carol),ivanemily@hotmail.com, +46(0)76 236 0012 SISI XIAO,sissi524@hotmail.com, +46(0)76 236 0894 Supervisor: Maria Fregidou-Malama Examiner: L-T Eriksson Date: 2011-05-12 Aim: The aim of this work is to examine how to motivate employees in internal marketing; especially, in a Swedish housing company. We find out effective and diversity solutions to motivate employees using real example. Method: Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies are used in this work, mainly through the use of interviews with Älvkarlebyhus’ CFO and questionnaires with employees. Result &Conclusions: The real situation of employee motivation in AB Älvkarlebyhus is similar to other Swedish companies. The motivation relies on government and public rules, some motivators such as wages, promotion, working conditions, recognition and responsibility. Company administration and policies also affect their employees. Suggestions for future research: A number of activities such as the establishment of staff record system, internal staff sports competitions, company travel, current questions about processing training should be held on open discussion boards on the internet, and to have afternoon tea time activities every Friday with the aim of improving the employee motivation should be considered. Moreover, a more comprehensive research that takes into account the government perspective or another housing company as a case company should be done by future researchers.. Contribution of the thesis: The academic theory combined with former researchers’ results, and practical analysis of employee motivation has been described. Students and future researchers can also gain an understanding of a Swedish official housing company and its approach to employee motivation.
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Lungu-Mulenga, Anastasia. "Knowledge transfer : a case study Of Johannesburg Housing Company and COPE." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502379.
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This research analyses how two social housing providers in South Africa Johannesburg Housing Company and COPE transferred knowledge from two social housing organisations in Europe - Notting Hill Housing Trust in England and Norske Boligbyggelags Landsforbund also known as the Norwegian Federation of Cooperative Housing Associations (NBBL) in Norway. Following the knowledge transfer, Johannesburg Housing Company has gone on to become a successful organisation while COPE closed down in 2005. This research analyses the knowledge transfer and the dominant organisational learning culture in the two organisations to try and explain why COPE closed down and why Johannesburg Housing Company has succeeded. This research uses knowledge transfer ideas that are within the broader knowledge management field and ideas on organisational learning culture to develop an analytical framework. The framework identifies three key areas for analysis, these are, analysis of the mechanisms used for the knowledge transfer process, the messages that were transferred during this process and analysis and identification ofthe dominant learning culture in each organisation. The main method for the data gathering and analysis was done through interviews with key actors in the four organisations - Johannesburg Housing Company, COPE, Notting Hill Housing Trust and NBBL. Analysis of key relevant documentation was also carried out. It was possible from the findings of the research to conclude that having a successful process ofknowledge transfer does not necessarily translate into success for the knowledge importing organisation. Secondly, that the dominant organisational learning culture in an organisation can have an impact on whether the outcome ofthe knowledge transfer process will be successful or not.
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Cheong, Shu-keung Frankie, and 張樹強. "Implementing total quality management in estate management company." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31968557.
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Chang, Hsu-huan Sharon. "The impact of building design on environmental performance of property management company." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576933.
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Goltz, Eileen. "A Corporate View of Housing and Community in a Company Town: Copper Cliff, 1886 to 1920." Ontario Historical Society, Toronto, Ont, 1990. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/155.
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Traces the development of the company town of Copper Cliff (now part of Sudbury), Ontario, to show how a corporation viewed the purpose of such a community and how it was used to meet company ends. Copper Cliff was a settlement around the copper mines of the Canadian Copper Company. A highly pragmatic solution to the problem of getting workers to resettle in out-of-the-way places, these towns usually had their houses, water and systems, schools, roads, stores, and entertainment centers built and financed by the primary company operating in the area. To the company, the housing and the town in general were investments, and also a 'tool' for controlling workers.Based on company records and local archives; 6 tables, 8 illus., 72 notes.
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Lau, Chung-long Anthony, and 劉宗朗. "The comparison of public housing estate managed by Housing Department and property services company (PSC): a casestudy of Kwong Yuen Estate." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31969379.
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Ji, Yiping. "Strategy Analysis of Real Estate Company Property Development in Medium Size City in China." Thesis, KTH, Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-48750.
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Real estate industry is a new economic growth point and main industry in Chinese gross domestic product nowadays. This paper analyzes the trend of Chinese real estate market development to help investors to understand the current situation of Chinese real estate markets and policies better, so as to make better real estate investment decisions in China in the future. Because of oversaturated with investment and higher cost of investment there are more and more limitations in investing in big cities in China. With the rapid development of the economy, the huge inner demand of real estate is increasing in medium and small sized cities. Some investigations show that there are huge spaces of the appreciation in Chinese real estate market in medium and small sized cities. The author will describe and analyze the investment strategy and development of Fuxing Huiyu Real Estate Corporation as a case study. The demonstrated company is a public company with rapid growth in a medium sized city named Wuhan in the central part of China. Other investment companies or real estate companies could get some ideas by analyzing the development and decision making process of this company.
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Lau, Chung-long Anthony. "The comparison of public housing estate managed by Housing Department and property services company (PSC) a case study of Kwong Yuen Estate /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31969379.
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Lau, Ka-sing Desmond. "Customers' perception of the service quality provided by a well-established property management company in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B24533427.
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Adesiyan, Babatunde. "Exploring Leadership Strategies to Maximize Profitability in the Nigerian Housing Sector." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2306.
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The collapse of construction companies in the Nigerian housing sector continues unabated, even in the face of 17 million housing deficits. Many construction company leaders believe that lack of business opportunities and the recent world economic decline have been responsible for the collapse. This situation has resulted in limited business activities for 80% of the Nigerian construction companies. This multiple case study explored the strategies used by leaders to maximize profitability in the Nigerian housing sector. The RBV and Porter's model of competition provided the conceptual framework for the study. Findings were based on detailed reviews of the policies and procedures of the companies, coupled with semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 5 leaders of construction companies that have successfully completed and currently involved in several housing projects in 2 southwestern states in Nigeria. The research question examined the strategies construction company leaders used to maximize profitability in the Nigerian housing sector. Four themes representing strategy categories emerged from thematic analysis: planning, human capital development, leadership factor, and organizational location. The key outcomes from the findings include the need to plan with the available resources, employ and invest in competent staff, increase leadership influence, and improve knowledge of the business environment. The implication for social change includes a potential reduction in unemployment in Nigeria. Profitable organizations will construct more affordable housing through collaboration with public authority, and more low-income earners will be able to afford to live in a decent environment, thus reducing the populations of slum dwellers in the country.
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Wong, Derrick M. "The reasons for continued investment in company housing, a case study of the Village of Deloro, Ontario." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0019/MQ52679.pdf.
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劉家聲 and Ka-sing Desmond Lau. "Customers' perception of the service quality provided by a well-established property management company in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43894781.
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Chang, Hsu-huan Sharon, and 張舒環. "The impact of building design on environmental performance of propertymanagement company." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42576933.
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Bergman, Niklas, and Darsen Umaganthan. "Hållbarhetsredovisning i kommunala och privata bostadsbolag." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-149421.
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Bakgrund: Hållbarhetsredovisning har blivit en viktigare del för de svenska företagen vilket visas i den signifikanta ökningen av omfattningen och kvaliteten av hållbarhetsredovisningen som har skett den senaste tiden. Ett flertal studier har tidigare studerat sambandet mellan hållbarhetsredovisningen och faktorer som storlek, branschtillhörighet och synlighet. Det finns däremot en avsaknad på studier av sambandet mellan faktorer som ledningens syn på hållbarhetsredovisning, företagskultur, ägarform och hållbarhetsredovisningens omfattning. Kommunala och privata bostadsbolag är exempel på bolag där ägandeformen skiljer sig åt och en studie med dessa bolag kan därmed bidra till forskningsområdet. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att jämföra privata och kommunala bostadsbolags omfattning av hållbarhetsredovisning Metod: Denna kvantitativa studie utförs genom en deduktiv ansats där hypoteser formuleras utifrån befintliga teorier. Genom en innehållsanalys av sekundärdata bestående av årsredovisningar och hållbarhetsredovisningar från 30 kommunala och 30 privata bostadsbolag operationaliseras omfattningen av hållbarhetsrapportering. Datan används sedan som underlag till OLS-regression. Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att ägandeformen har en påverkan på omfattningen av hållbarhetsredovisning i form av ett signifikant positivt samband mellan kommunalt ägande av bostadsbolag och omfattningen av hållbarhetsredovisning. Utav måtten storlek, lönsamhet, risk och jämlikhet så visar endast storlek ett signifikant samband med omfattningen av hållbarhetsredovisning. Det går därmed att konstatera ägandeformen är en viktig faktor att ta i beaktande vid undersökningar av hållbarhetsredovisningarIntroduction: Sustainability reporting has become an important aspect for Swedish companies, which has been shown by the significant increase of the magnitude and quality sustainability reports as of late. A considerable amount of previous studies has examined the relationship between variables such as size, industry affiliation and visibility with the extent of sustainability reports. Managerial attitudes, company culture and ownership are however factors which are less researched when related to the extent of reported sustainability. Studies can thereby be made on municipally and privatelyowned housing companies, seeing as the ownership differs between the two organizations, in order to contribute to the field of research. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the extent of reported sustainability in municipally and privately-owned housing companies. Method: This quantitative study is executed through a deductive approach in which hypotheses are formulated through existing theories. The extent of reported sustainability is operationalized through a content analysis on secondary data consisting of annual reports and sustainability reports collected from 30 municipally and 30 privately owned housing companies. The collected data is then analysed with OLS- regression analysis. Conclusion: The results of the study show a correlation between the variable ownership and the extent of reported sustainability in the form of a significant positive correlation between municipally owned housing companies and the extent of reported sustainability. Out of the measures; size, profitability, risk and equality which were tested in the study, only size showed a significant correlation with the extent of reported sustainability. The study thereby concludes that ownership is an important variable to take into consideration when studying sustainability reports.
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Balnave, Nikola Robyn. "Industrial Welfarism in Australia 1890-1965." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/572.
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This thesis examines industrial welfarism in Australia from 1890 to 1965. This period witnessed the gradual spread of the welfarism movement throughout Australian industry as employers sought ways to increase productivity and control in the face of external challenges. Once reaching its peak in the immediate post-War period, the welfarism movement was gradually subsumed as part of the increasing formalisation of personnel management. Waves of interest in welfare provision coincided with periods of labour shortage and/or labour militancy in Australia, indicating its dual role in the management of labour. Firstly, by offering benefits and services beyond that made necessary by the law or industrial awards, welfarism was designed to create a pool of good quality workers for management to draw from. Secondly, managers sought to enhance their control over these workers and their productive effort, using welfarism as a technique to build worker consent to managerial authority. This could be achieved through subtle methods aimed at boosting loyalty and morale, or through more direct programs designed to increase worker dependency on the company. In both ways, individual and collective worker resistance could be minimised, thereby reinforcing managerial prerogative. Despite its adoption by a variety of companies, a number of economic, political and institutional factors limited the extent of industrial welfarism in Australia. These include the small-scale of most enterprises prior to the Second World War, state involvement in the area of industrial relations and welfare provision, and the strength of organised labour. While the welfarism movement did not reach the heights experienced overseas, it nonetheless provided an important contribution to the development of formal labour management in Australia.
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Balnave, Nikola Robyn. "Industrial Welfarism in Australia 1890-1965." University of Sydney. Work and Organisational Studies, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/572.
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This thesis examines industrial welfarism in Australia from 1890 to 1965. This period witnessed the gradual spread of the welfarism movement throughout Australian industry as employers sought ways to increase productivity and control in the face of external challenges. Once reaching its peak in the immediate post-War period, the welfarism movement was gradually subsumed as part of the increasing formalisation of personnel management. Waves of interest in welfare provision coincided with periods of labour shortage and/or labour militancy in Australia, indicating its dual role in the management of labour. Firstly, by offering benefits and services beyond that made necessary by the law or industrial awards, welfarism was designed to create a pool of good quality workers for management to draw from. Secondly, managers sought to enhance their control over these workers and their productive effort, using welfarism as a technique to build worker consent to managerial authority. This could be achieved through subtle methods aimed at boosting loyalty and morale, or through more direct programs designed to increase worker dependency on the company. In both ways, individual and collective worker resistance could be minimised, thereby reinforcing managerial prerogative. Despite its adoption by a variety of companies, a number of economic, political and institutional factors limited the extent of industrial welfarism in Australia. These include the small-scale of most enterprises prior to the Second World War, state involvement in the area of industrial relations and welfare provision, and the strength of organised labour. While the welfarism movement did not reach the heights experienced overseas, it nonetheless provided an important contribution to the development of formal labour management in Australia.
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Hulkkonen, Marika, and Fredrik Lindqvist. "Belöningssystemets användning och effektivitet : En fallstudie av ettkommunalt bostadsbolag." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10422.
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Genom att i praktiken se hur ett kommunalt bostadsbolag använder sig av belöningssystemsyftar denna studie till att få en bättre inblick i belöningssystemets användning ocheffektivitet. Vidare syftar studien till att bidra med en ökad förståelse och kartlägga hur ettkommunalt bostadsbolag kan begränsas och förhålla sig till de lagkrav som återges ikommunallagen (1991:900) och lag (2010:879) om allmännyttiga kommunalabostadsaktiebolag vid användningen av belöningssystem. Tre forskningsfrågor är formuleradeför att besvara studiens syfte. Studien är kvalitativ och genomfördes med en abduktiv ansats.Det har tillämpats ett hermeneutiskt synsätt för att tolka och förstå det material som samlats inoch datainsamlingen har skett genom semistrukturerade intervjuer samt en kvalitativinnehållsanalys. Vid analysen av intervjuerna tillämpades en tematisk analys med ettdeduktivt förhållningssätt. Temana fastställde vi med hjälp av den teoretiska referensramenoch studiens syfte. Resultatet av innehållsanalysen har lyfts fram i en tabell där kopplingarmellan de undersökta lagarna och belöningssystemets begränsningar redogörs.Det framkommer i studien att det undersökta bolagets belöningssystem inte verkar effektivt iden utsträckning som är möjlig. Det finns delar av belöningssystemet som är bristfälligt dåledningen beskriver en avsaknad av vissa belöningar som de motiveras av. Vidare finnerstudien att kommunallagen (1991:900) och lag (2010:879) om allmännyttiga kommunalabostadsaktiebolag i ett flertal punkter kan begränsa användningen av ett kommunaltbostadsbolags belöningssystem.The purpose of this thesis is to gain a better insight into the reward systems utilization andefficiency, this through practice see how a municipal housing company uses reward systems.Furthermore this thesis aims to contribute to a better understanding and mapping how amunicipal property may be limited by the Swedish local government act (1991:900) in thedesign of its reward system. This thesis is qualitative and was conducted by using anabductive approach. It has applied a hermeneutical perspective to interpret and understand thedata that have been collected during the thesis. The data has been collected through semistructuredinterviews and a qualitative content analysis. For the analysis of the semi-structuredinterviews we have applied a thematic analysis with a deductive approach. The themes wereestablished with the help of the theoretical framework and the purpose of the thesis. The resultfrom the content analysis is presented in a table where links between the studied laws and thereward systems limitations.The thesis shows that the studied company's reward system does not seem to be as effective aspossible. The management is lacking in some certain rewards that they are motivated bywhich results that parts of the reward system is flawed. Furthermore the thesis finds that theSwedish local government act (1991:900) in more than one way can limit the use of amunicipal housing company reward system.This thesis is hereinafter written in Swedish.
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Jonsson, Anders, and Simon Lundh. "Koncerninterna Transaktioner i Kommunala Företagskoncerner : Fallet Linköpings Stadshus." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2720.
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Background: In newspaper articles, we can nowadays read headlines as"Stop the robbing!"and"They pay extra tax through rent". A column in Göteborgsposten describes enormous amounts of money, pouring between municipal companies. Numerous of local newspapers have started to pay attention to their municipal companies and the transfer of profits from municipal housing enterprises and electric power companies. What are upsetting these journalists then? Both Hyresgästföreningen (The Swedish tenants’ association) and Boverket (The Swedish National Housing Board) indicate that the fiscal purpose of transactions within the group no longer is primary for municipalities. They allege that the transactions are improperly exploited by transferring inappropriate amounts of money from municipal housing enterprises.
Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to map transactions between municipal group companies and also evaluate if they are consistent with the accounting regulation in the domain. Delimitation: The case study will have a geographical delimitation by only including the group of Linköpings Stadshus. The study will only include the years during 1997-2003. The transactions that will be examined are group contributions, shareholders’ contribution and dividend. The case study will also process the interest expense of the parent company because of the promissory note loan that was raised from the municipality of Linköping in connection with the formation of the group.
Realisation: In the form of a case study, the thesis was realised through the collection of annual reports, obtained from the companies concerned. These data was complemented through qualitative interviews with representatives from the parent company and the municipality. The complementation was made to increase the comprehension of the problems.
Results: The municipality is primarily using competition and focus in result as important factors when trying to imitate private companies. This does not harmonize with the purpose of the municipal transactions. It is also clear that municipal groups may be composing strategies dealing with empty the subsidiary companies out on capital. This applies particularly to electric power companies. In the case study, compared to a payment of tax, Tekniska Verken has not recovered enough shareholders’ contribution. With that, these companies financial position is clearly deteriorating compared to if they would pay tax. Regulations of housing enterprises were not created until 1999. That means that violations of the regulations were not possible before that either. Obviously, the groups were using this opportunity, and the dividend that has been discussed in the case study, is a clear example of the municipality not giving priority to the clients of the housing enterprise. Though, it is important to point out the legality of a dividend of that kind.
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Grönvall, Emma, and Sandra Törnblad. "CSR i ett kommunalt bostadsbolag - Hur ser det ut? : en kvalitativ studie med MKB som modell." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-15615.
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Att företag arbetar med CSR blir mer och mer populärt och nuförtiden förväntar sig intressenter att företag arbetar med miljömässiga och sociala frågor. I takt med att CSR används flitigare har konceptet även spridits till kommunala bolag. Kommunala bostadsbolags arbete med CSR är relativt outforskat samtidigt som endast ett fåtal studier visar på hur CSR uppfattas av bolagets intressenter. Kommunala bostadsbolag finns till för att erbjuda bostäder till kommuninvånarna och är därför en viktig del av samhället.Syftet med studien är att få en förståelse för ett kommunalt bostadsbolags användning av CSR samt hur det uppfattas både internt och externt.MKB har valts ut som studieobjekt eftersom de är ett av Sveriges största kommunala bostadsbolag och arbetar aktivt med CSR. Den genomförda studien baseras på en kvalitativ metod i form av intervjuer. Respondenterna är anställda på olika nivåer inom MKB samt externa samarbetsparter och hyresgäster. Totalt genomfördes 11 semistrukturerade intervjuer samt 7 kortare och strukturerade intervjuer.De erhållna svaren från respondenterna har analyserats mot institutionell teori, intressentmodellen och legitimitetsteorin, och visar på att uppfattningen av CSR skiljer sig åt mellan de anställda och hyresgästerna. Skillnaderna beror främst på bristande kommunikation men även bristande intresse och språksvårigheter från hyresgästernas sida.Studien bidrar till en förståelse för hur ett kommunalt bolag arbetar med CSR samt hur det uppfattas av de anställda och hyresgästerna. Därutöver kan den ses som en inspiration för andra företag som arbetar med eller vill arbeta med CSR.There is a growing interest to work with CSR among today’s companies and nowadays stakeholders expect companies to work with environmental and social issues. As CSR has become widely used, it has spread to municipal companies. Municipal housing companies work with CSR is a relatively unexplored field and only a few studies show how CSR is perceived by its stakeholders. Municipal housing companies provide homes for the local community, and is therefore an important part of society.The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of a municipal housing company’s use of CSR and also how it is perceived internally and externally.MKB was selected as the study object due to the fact that they are one of the largest municipal housing companies in Sweden who works with CSR. The study is based on a qualitative approach and is conducted through interviews. The respondents consisted of employees at various levels within the company and external cooperation partners as well as tenants. In all, 11 semi-structured interviews and 7 shorter and structured interviews were conducted.The respondents’ answers combined with Institutional theory, Stakeholder theory and Legitimacy theory, shows that the perceived image of CSR differs between the respondents. The differences mainly depend on lack of communication and lack of interest as well as language barriers from the tenants’ point of view.The study contributes to an understanding of how a municipal housing company works with CSR. In addition, it may be an inspiration for other companies work with CSR.
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Campagnol, Gabriela. "Usinas de açúcar: habitação e patrimônio industrial." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18142/tde-06022009-151443/.
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Estuda a emergência, características - implantação e arquitetura - e transformações do espaço organizado pela agroindústria do açúcar e do álcool para seus trabalhadores, através de levantamentos de campo em três regiões tradicionais de produção no Brasil: zona da mata de Pernambuco, norte fluminense e interior de São Paulo. Estuda e compara outros assentamentos constituídos em regiões produtoras de açúcar em Cuba e Estados Unidos. Realiza estudos comparativos em diferentes núcleos fabris com o intuito de verificar padrões e características específicas nos assentamentos açucareiros. Busca desvendar a ação do poder privado, no caso as usinas de açúcar, na construção do território. Paralelamente, analisa as origens dessa ação, a difusão da prática e o processo de desmonte e abandono que vem ocorrendo. Aborda, ainda, como conseqüência destas transformações, questões vinculadas ao patrimônio industrial.This dissertation investigates the origins, development, and spatial organization - plan, architecture and collective spaces - of several sugar mills located in three traditional sugar regions in Brazil: Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo. The study also investigates other sugar settlements located in Cuba and United States. The comparative study in different sugar mills, attempts to discover common models and, on the other hand, distinguishing characteristics specific to each mill. The dissertation interrogates the influence of the sugar industry\'s action on the construction and planning of the territories in which the mills are located. To that end, the study analyzes the origins and development of those actions. Finally, the dissertation considers the more recent history of sugar mills reduction and elimination of residential provision and discusses questions specific to these aspects of industrial heritage.
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Fiedorowicz, Sandra, and Ellinore Eklöf. "Bostadsföretagens uthyrningspolicy : En jämförelsestudie mellan bostadsföretag i Stockholmsområdet." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-261708.
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I denna studie har vi undersökt olika bostadsföretags uthyrningspolicy inom Stockholmsområdet samt hur pass lättillgänglig information är om bostadssökningsprocessen via deras hemsidor. Vi vill undersöka om det finns någon skillnad mellan hur bostadsföretag förmedlar sina grundkrav och på vilken nivå dessa ligger för en bostadssökande. Hur påverkar detta samhället och i synnerhet hur påverkar det oss som studenter? Finns det även en skillnad mellan kommunala och privata bostadsföretag i Stockholmsområdet?För att finna svar på frågeställningarna undersökte vi 13 olika privata- och kommunala bostadsföretag; HSB, Ikano Bostad, Wallenstam, Byggvesta, Rikshem, Willhem, HEBA Fastigheter AB, Svenska Bostäder, Stockholmshem, Familjebostäder, Micasa Fastigheter, Stadsholmen samt Stockholms Studentbostäder. Vi studerade hur företagens respektive uthyrningspolicy var utformade på deras hemsidor samt hur lättillgängligt det var att hitta viss väsentlig information som bostadssökande. Detta blev en jämförelse företagen sinsemellan vilket gav oss en överskådlig bild på vad som bör förbättras inom området.Det visade sig finnas en betydlig skillnad mellan privata- och kommunala bostadsföretag där den största skillnaden var att privata bostadsföretag reglerar sina uthyrningspolicy hårdare än vad de kommunala gör. Alla hemsidor var mer eller mindre dåligt utformade gällande tillgänglighet och språkmöjligheter. Vi behandlade även våra studiefrågor utifrån ett hållbarhetsperspektiv då det anses vara betydande för ett fortsatt fungerande samhälle.Avslutningsvis gavs rekommendationer för bostadsföretagen för att förbättra sina hemsidor och policys. Störst vikt bör läggas på att förbättra möjligheten för alla individer på bostadsmarknaden för att få en bostad. Samt att förbättra bostadsföretagens hemsidor i fråga om transparens och språkmöjligheter, för att utveckla bostadsmarknaden ur ett socialt och teknologiskt perspektiv.The main focus in this thesis has been to examine different housing companies rental policy in Stockholm and to review how easily it is to maintain relevant information regarding the leasing process through the companies websites. We want to see if there is any difference between how the housing companies convey their demands and how this affects the person looking for a rental apartment. Furthermore, we want to see how everything above affect the society, especially students. Is there any difference between municipal housing companies and private housing companies in Stockholm?We analysed 13 websites belonging to different housing companies to find answers to our questions. The housing companies involved in the study are: HSB, Ikano Bostad, Wallenstam, Byggvesta, Rikshem, Willhem, HEBA Fastigheter AB, Svenska Bostäder, Stockholmshem, Familjebostäder, Micasa Fastigheter, Stadsholmen and Stockholms Studentbostäder. We studied how the different companies have decided to form their respective rental policy and how easy it is to find relevant information as an applicant. A comparison between the companies became possible with the gained information, the comparison gave us a clear picture of some recommended improvements within the field.It turned out to be a significant difference between the municipal rental companies and the private rental companies, where the private rental companies control their rental policies more strictly than the municipal rental companies. All of the housing companies’ websites were more or less weak in terms of availability and language possibilities. In the study we also covered the perspective of sustainability consider its significance for a further functioning society.In conclusion we provided recommendations for the housing companies in order to improve their rental policies and their websites. In our opinion should most effort be put on improving the opportunities for all individuals on the housing market to receive a residence. The housing companies’ websites should be improved with regard to transparency and language possibilities, to develop the housing market from a social and technologic perspective.
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Johansen, Louise, Ebba Eriksson, and Nikki Svensson. "Faktorer som orsakar skillnader i investeringsprocesser : En komparativ flerfallsstudie i ett kommunägt bostadsbolag och en kommunal förvaltning." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54367.
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Kandidatuppsats, Civilekonomprogrammet, controllerfördjupning, Ekonomihögskolan vid Linnéuniversitetet, ekonomistyrning, Kurskod: 2FE24E, VT16. Författare: Ebba Eriksson, Louise Johansen och Nikki Svensson Handledare: Natalia Semenova Titel: Faktorer som orsakar skillnader i investeringsprocesser - En komparativ flerfallsstudie i ett kommunägt bostadsbolag och en kommunal förvaltning Bakgrund och problem: Tidigare forskning har identifierat faktorer som påverkar investeringsprocesser i privata bolag. Huruvida dessa faktorer påverkar investeringsprocesser i två olika verksamheter diskuteras dock ej. Detta är av särskild vikt i kommuner då investeringar påverkar kommunens alla invånare. Kunskap om hur olika faktorer påverkar investeringsprocesser kan ge möjlighet att göra aktiva val i utformningen av denna process. Påverkan av en faktor kan konstateras om skillnader i denna faktor orsakar skillnader även i investeringsprocessen. I denna uppsats förklaras därför de faktorer som orsakar skillnader i investeringsprocessen mellan en hybridorganisation i form av ett kommunägt bostadsbolag respektive en offentlig verksamhet i form av en kommunal förvaltning. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att förklara vilka faktorer samt hur och varför dessa orsakar skillnader i investeringsprocessen mellan ett kommunägt bostadsbolag respektive en kommunal förvaltning. Metod: Metodvalet för studien är en komparativ flerfallsstudie med semi-strukturerade intervjuer i AB Ronnebyhus och den tekniska förvaltningen i Ronneby kommun. Slutsatser: I studien har tre faktorer identifierats som orsakar skillnader i investeringsprocessen mellan ett kommunägt bostadsbolag och en kommunal förvaltning. Dessa är ledning, mål och mått samt verksamhetsrelaterade egenskaper.Authors: Ebba Eriksson, Louise Johansen och Nikki Svensson Supervisor: Natalia Semenova Title: Factors which cause differences in investment processes - A comparative multiple case study in one municipal housing company and one municipal government unit Original title: Faktorer som orsakar skillnader i investeringsprocesser - En komparativ flerfallsstudie i ett kommunägt bostadsbolag och en kommunal förvaltning Background: Previous research has identified factors that affect the investment process in private companies. If these factors affect the investment process between two different organizations is not yet discussed. Effect of a factor can be stated if differences in this factor also cause differences in the investment process. This is of great importance in municipal governments because investments affect all municipal citizens. Knowledge of how different factors affect investment processes creates opportunities to make active choices in the designing of this process. Therefore, in the thesis has factors that cause differences between the investment process in a hybrid organization and a public organization been studied and explained. These are constituted by one municipal housing company and one municipal government unit. Method: The method of the thesis is a comparative multiple case study in AB Ronnebyhus and the technical unit in the municipal government of Ronneby. Conclusions: In the thesis three factors which cause differences in the investment process between the municipal housing company and the municipal government unit has been identified. These factors are: management, goals and measurements and organization-related attributes.
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Shimbo, Lúcia Zanin. "Habitação social, habitação de mercado: a confluência entre Estado, empresas construtoras e capital financeiro." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18142/tde-04082010-100137/.
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Esta tese se insere no debate sobre as dinâmicas da produção e da política de habitação social no Brasil. Mais especificamente, trata da confluência recente entre Estado, mercado imobiliário e capital financeiro, que acabou por ampliar a demanda por moradia atendida por grandes empresas construtoras e incorporadoras e, ao mesmo tempo, por contemplar uma determinada fatia do público-alvo da política habitacional. Essa política é aqui compreendida não apenas pelo desenho institucional dos programas habitacionais, mas numa perspectiva analítica que põe em relevo o olhar e a atuação do mercado imobiliário sobre a própria política. Seu objetivo é duplo e requisitou abordagens metodológicas específicas para cada um deles. De um lado, busco compreender os processos que levaram ao crescimento exponencial de um tipo específico de produção habitacional, promovida por grandes empresas construtoras e incorporadoras que abriram seu capital, voltada para imóveis residenciais com valores até duzentos mil reais e para uma faixa da população com renda familiar de até dez salários mínimos. Trata-se do \"segmento econômico\", assim considerado pelo mercado, ou da \"habitação social de mercado\", como denomino nesta tese. Recorri a uma pesquisa documental e quantitativa a fim de analisar tanto os mecanismos regulatórios e institucionais promovidos pelo Estado, desde meados da década de 1990, quanto a aproximação de empresas do setor imobiliário e da construção civil ao mercado de capitais, a partir dos anos 2000. De outro lado, procuro compreender como se operacionaliza e se configura esse tipo de produção a partir de uma pesquisa de caráter etnográfico numa empresa, que chamei de Empresa Construtora Pesquisada (ECP), tomada como objeto heurístico da confluência entre Estado, mercado imobiliário e capital financeiro. Entre 2006 e 2008, essa empresa foi capaz de octuplicar a produção de unidades habitacionais padronizadas, multiplicando por treze o valor de seu lucro líquido. Para tanto, sua produção apresenta um diferencial que busquei apreender desde o trabalho no canteiro de obras até suas relações com o Estado e capital financeiro, passando pelo papel da arquitetura e da tecnologia.This thesis contributes to the debate on the dynamics of production and of social housing policy in Brazil. More specifically, it analyses the recent confluence of state, real estate and finance capital that ultimately increased the demand for housing covered by large construction companies and developers and that, at the same time, met a particular fraction of the target public of housing policy. This policy is here understood not only by the institutional structure of housing programs, but within an analytical perspective that emphasizes the point of view and performance of the property market on the policy itself. Its goal is twofold and required specific methodological approaches to each one. On the first hand, I try to understand the processes that led to the exponential growth of a specific type of housing production, promoted by major construction companies and developers that have opened their capital, focused on residential properties with values up to two hundred thousand reais and for a population range with monthly income of up to ten minimum wages. This is the \"low-income segment\", as considered by the market, or the \"social market housing\" as I call in this thesis. I used a quantitative research to examine the regulatory and institutional mechanisms promoted by the State since the mid-1990s, and also the attempts to close the gap between the construction companies and developers and capital market from the 2000s. On the other hand, I try to understand how this type of production operates from an ethnographic study of a company, that I have called \"Empresa Construtora Pesquisada\" (ECP), taken as a heuristic object of the confluence between the State, real estate and financial capital. Between 2006 and 2008, this company was able to increase eight times the standardized production of housing units and thirteen times the value of its profits. Therefore, its production has a differential that I sought to apprehend from the working on the construction site to its relations with the State and finance capital, including the role of architecture and technology.
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Hart, Wade A. "Compact Urban Dwellings." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337352365.
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Barrett, Emily Lord. "The Investigation and Optimization of a Two-Heat-Pump System Incorporating Thermal Storage for Shaping Residential Heating Load." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3025.
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Portland General Electric has proposed coupling one or more water tanks with two heat pumps in order to perform load-shifting in residential customer heating and cooling applications. By using the water tanks as a thermal storage unit, this project attempts to partially decouple energy consumption from generation to provide peak demand reduction and to better facilitate the integration of variable renewable energy resources. A scoping study was performed to evaluate the potential impact of this project if implemented in single family homes in Portland, Oregon. This study revealed that the system could provide meaningful savings in the cost of electricity to both the customer and utility. Additionally, an optimization algorithm was developed to dictate system operation and to maximize gains to the utility. Evolutionary algorithms were explored in an attempt to increase the effectiveness of the algorithm's search in limited computation time. Ultimately, an evolution strategy was selected as the most suitable based on tests run in winter and spring months. A genetic algorithm was then developed to handle fixed-speed heat pump operation for compatibility with an alpha-system prototype that has been developed by the research team.
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Zhu, Wenjian, and 朱文健. "Planning, design and environmentally sustainable housing in a compact environment: public rental housing in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41896968.
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McNulty, Christine. "Olfactory Approaches to Historical Study: The Smells of Chicago's Stockyard Jungle, 1900-1910." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1898.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2009.Title from screen (viewed on August 28, 2009). Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Marianne Wokeck. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-99).
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Wentzel, My. "Ärendehantering på allmännyttigt bostadsbolag : En fallstudie på GotlandsHem." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445053.
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The case study has been conducted at a public housing company in Sweden GotlandsHem. The purpose of the study is to survey the case management process of the organisation and to obtain a process development plan as well as offer a proposition for implementation. To understand the current case management process the theoretical origin of the study has been made through process theory and total quality management. Earlier research has illustrated the challanges of finding a generic process of case management. The data of the study have been collected through interviews and documented records. Juran´s Problem-Solving Process and the Plan-Do-Study-Act model have been used for the implementation part of the study. The result illustrates the absence of a common working method, with the case management process. The result also present how other public housing companies are working with case management. The analysis presents the current process compared to the theories and which criteria need to be met for a well-functioning process. The current state of the process indicate an absence of a common working method and the perseption of what a case is differs. The process can be developet by seeing case management as an overall process with the definition "A case is when a customer experiences a need for service and contacts GotlandsHem." For the process, a common companywide working method needs to be established.Inledning. Fallstudien har utförts hos allmännyttiga bostadsbolaget GotlandsHem som är den största aktören för uthyrning av lägenheter på Gotland. Studiens syfte är att studera organisationens ärendehanteringsprocess samt arbeta fram ett förslag på utveckling av processen samt implementeringsförslag. Teori. För att skapa förståelse för ärendehanteringens nuläge har teoretisk utgångspunkt för studien varit processer samt offensiv kvalitetsutveckling. Avsnittet behandlar tidigare forskning som har visat att det finns utmaningar i att hitta en generisk process för ärendehantering. Metod. Datainsamling har utförts genom intervjuer och dokumentär forskning. Studien följer en kvalitativ forskningsdesign där benchmarking har använts. Jurans problemlösningsmodell och förbättringscykeln PDSA är modeller som använts som utgångspunkt för vidare implementering. Resultat. Resultatet visar att det finns en avsaknad av gemensamma arbetssätt genom ärendehanteringsprocessen. I resultatet presenteras hur andra allmännyttiga bostadsbolag arbetar med ärendehantering där ledarskap, gemensamma arbetssätt och registrering av ärenden är tre nyckelkomponenter till en väl fungerande ärendehantering. Analys. Analysen visar på processens nuläge utifrån teorier inom processarbete. Även intern service analyseras utifrån tidigare forskning där bristande kvalitet på återkoppling till kund genom teorier kan härledas till bristande intern servicekvalitét. Slutsatser. Processens nuläge visar en avsaknad av gemensamma arbetssätt och att uppfattningen om vad som är ett ärende går isär. Processen kan utvecklas genom att se ärendehanteringen som en övergripande process med definitionen ”Ett ärende är när en kund upplever ett behov av service och kontaktar GotlandsHem.”. För processen behöver ett gemensamt företagsövergripande arbetssätt fastställas och processens prestanda behöver mätas. Implementering av förbättringsförslag kan göras med hjälp av Jurans problemlösningsmodell kombinerat med PDSA.
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Zhu, Wenjian. "Planning, design and environmentally sustainable housing in a compact environment public rental housing in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41896968.
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Svensson, Sandra. "Förenklad riskbedömning av byggvaruprodukter innehållande kemiska ämnen : För anställdas hälsa på kommunalägda Bostads AB Mimer." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-28884.
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This bachelor thesis is about chemical products from the construction industry which are being used by the company Bostads AB Mimer (Mimer), owned by the municipality Västerås in Sweden. The company owns apartments and houses around the city. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to do a simplified risk assessment of the chemical products from a health and environmental point. The report also gives suggestions of substitutional products. The thesis work consists of a literature study, an analysis of how other companies within the housing sector are working with chemical products and a case study, in addition to the simplified risk assessment. The case study contains a selection of Mimer's chemical products. In order to succeed with the simplified risk assessment, the chemical product’s risks and hazards has been identified through safety data sheets (SDS). Different aspects have been taken into account in the simplified risk assessment. The selection of the chemical products were made after existence frequency and legislative product labeling. The report's results gave 16 selected chemical products, that are risk assessed. Of the 16 chemical products, eight products have a high risk score from a heath point. Suggestions of less hazardous chemical products are given to nine chemical products. The essay's conclusions are that some of the selected chemical products are hazardous to the health and the environment, due to their chemical substances. The staff at Mimer's has a high frequency of use of the chemical products in general. Most of the other companies in the housing sector that were investigated in the analysis, had a systematic work on chemicals.
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Topinka, Zdeněk. "Modelace možných finančních zdrojů na pořízení nemovitosti." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232841.
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The aim of the works was analyze possible to sources financial resources for financing immovables in Czech republic. Sources were to be surveyed for needs personal living and needs business. In diploma work work are circumscribed individual possibilities, their criteria and their usage. Thesis is tipped modelling situation and her solving.
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Vlčková, Klára. "Srovnání podnikatelských záměrů: běžný bytový dům vs. pasivní bytový dům." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222243.
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The object of this thesis is comparison of business plans of housing construction with passive housing construction in monitoring company. First section summarizes theoretical description of prospectus and passive houses. Another part attends to appreciation of housing construction and surrounding analyse of company. In the third section, there are proposals of realization prospectuses with alternatives of financing this kind of projects. Final part of thesis deals with a question whether realize passive block of flats or common block of flats.
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López, Vallejo Antonio Taneli. "A DESIGN CONCEPT PROPOSAL ABOUT COMPACT LIVING UNITS: USE CASE FOR STUDENT HOUSING." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-57453.
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In the recent years around the world there has been a constant increase in the number of students who apply to continue their studies at a higher level, this in turn has brought a great demand in the occupation for student housing. Finding a place to live is one of the issues that new students have to face when moving into another city or country, which can be really challenging at times. The project speculates with a design concept that may help the demands for student housing in the city of Växjö, Sweden. The idea is a housing unit for one person that occupies a space of 13 m2 with an interior space of 10 m2 so it can be moved with a truck to the place where required for a temporary time. The interior proposes an efficient, flexible and comfortable space for the needs in the everyday life of a student. This is done with an organize layout and some multi-purpose furniture that can also be retractable when not in use to save space.
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Eickmann, Andrew James. "Dutch Spatial Planning: The Coordination of Compact Development and Affordable Housing." PDXScholar, 2009. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/360.
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This case study combines elements of exploration and description to examine the interaction of growth management and housing affordability within the Dutch system of spatial planning. In Section I, I introduce the research framework and pose the central research question: How do planners and policymakers in the Netherlands conceptualize and manage the relationship between land and housing markets, and the effects of that relationship on housing affordability? In Section II, I provide an overview of Dutch spatial planning, focusing on planning and policymaking at the national and municipal levels, and summarizing the postwar-era "bundled deconcentration" approach to growth management. Section III covers the economic and political shifts of the 1980s and early 1990s, a period that marked the end of "bundled deconcentration" and ushered in the "compact city" approach to spatial planning. In Section IV, I introduce contemporary issues of land scarcity and housing supply stagnation and summarize my primary interview findings. In Section V, I elaborate on my interview findings and discuss the broader perspectives offered by Dutch planners and economists. Finally, in Section VI, I conclude the case study with a review of findings, final reflections, and suggestions for future research.
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Dewita, Yulia. "The Impact of the Compact City on Housing Affordability in the Indonesian Metropolis." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/381681.
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The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between compact urban form and housing affordability. Sustainability is a key planning and development objective in the urban sector. In spite of the multifaceted relationships between urban form and sustainable development, the compact city is widely accepted as a form suitable for pursuing the goals of sustainability. One perceived undesirable impact of a compact city is its negative effect on housing affordability. Research on the influence of urban compaction on housing affordability has been undertaken for decades, yet empirical evidence has been rarely found in developing countries, including in Indonesia. While adopting a compact city concept in the nation‘s urban development policy and strategies, Indonesia faces problems of housing shortages, particularly for low-income groups. Thus, research on the relationship between compact urban form and housing affordability in Indonesia, including its policy implications, is essential.
This thesis involves, i) a qualitative exploration of the compact city in Indonesia in order to understand existing conceptions and their application in urban development policies; ii) a quantitative examination using a case study approach to investigate the relationship between compact urban form and housing affordability in Indonesia. Three metropolitan areas in Indonesia, namely Bandung (BMA), Jakarta (JMA) and Medan (MMA), are used as case studies. The relationship between urban compaction and level of affordability are examined at metropolitan level using the three metropolises, and at neighbourhood level using the Bandung metropolitan area as a case study. Both qualitative and quantitative research designs are adopted in this thesis to provide further insight into the concepts of compact city planning, including its influence on housing affordability and implications for policy.
This research has led to five published or submitted peer-review papers that flow from an integrated set of research methods. A qualitative method is used to seek understandings about the adoption of the compact city concept in Indonesia, as presented in Chapter 4. Stakeholders from governments (national, provincial and local level), academics, developers and urban residents were interviewed, and policy documents were collected for analysis. The research found that, at all levels of government, Indonesian policy makers view urban compaction as an important urban planning approach to curb urban sprawl, and to anticipate a combination of urban land depletion and the rapid growth of the urban population. A mix of uses, vertical housing and transit oriented development is perceived as the key feature for this concept, although within the urban population, a cultural impediment to high-rise living still exists. In Indonesia, specific, clear leadership in guiding the application of compact city policy at all levels, as well as the importance of the role of policy advocates, is vital in order to advance urban compaction policy as part of a national urban planning and development agenda. The findings of this research can aid in the development and evaluation of compact city policy in Indonesia, and shed new light on how Western planning movements are adopted in the context of a developing country.
The link between urban compaction and housing affordability is examined using a quantitative approach. A transport cost component was incorporated into the measure of housing affordability to address the differences in the geographical locations of houses. A combination of housing and transport affordability at neighbourhood and metropolitan level was measured. The neighbourhood level analysis was conducted with data being gathered via household surveys in nine residential sites in the BMA. The results are presented in Chapters 5 and 6. Metropolitan scale analysis used secondary data from Indonesia‘s Central Statistics Bureau (BPS), the 2014 National Social-economic Survey (SUSENAS), for 22 municipalities in the JMA, the BMA, and the MMA (Chapters 7 and 8). The results show that transport costs influenced overall housing affordability, and in some cases, households are making a trade-off between their housing and transport costs. In terms of urban compactness, it is shown that collecting adequate, comparable data for the three metropolises across a total of 22 municipalities is challenging. Statistical information from various sources was collected to examine the urban compactness in terms of density, mix of uses, and intensity in the JMA, the BMA, and the MMA. Descriptive analysis was applied to explain the compactness of these metropolises. Regression analysis was then employed to examine the association between urban compaction and combined housing and affordability. The results in Chapter 8 show that, generally, compact urban form has the potential to promote housing and transport affordability by supporting higher density housing development and better accessibility to main daily travel destinations, such as jobs and schools. This thesis contributes to the growing literature on compact city and housing and transport affordability. The research also has implications for policy in the urban, housing and transport sectors in Indonesia, in terms of type of housing that may overcome combined transport and housing affordability, which is useful for a range of stakeholders, including urban planners, policy makers, and social science researchers across different disciplines.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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Yel, Sait, Amed Qasem, and Ibrahim Özcicek. "DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS OF 4610/20 COMPACT MIXERS." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik, TEK, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-19958.
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This report is a product of Bachelor Degree Project at Mechanical Engineering department inLinnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden. The project is about a design improvement of industrialcompact mixers.This project is accomplished with Xylem, one of the main suppliers of compact mixers in theindustry, located at Emmaboda, Sweden. The company has a problem with the existing designof the two part, oil housing and entrance cover, in 4610/20 compact mixers. The 4610/20compact mixers has suffered from quality problems which affect the production and the endcustomer because of the existing design of these part. The aim of this study is to improve thequality of the product by redesigning of oil housing and entrance cover. In addition to theredesigning of these parts, another important purpose of the project is to produce these partsfrom different material than existing one.The computer aided design programs are widely used, Solid Works, during the project. Forselection of a new material a wide literature research has been accomplished.
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Olsson, Melanie. "Living Tiny : An exploratory study of the Swedish tiny house movement." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-272229.
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As cities face widespread housing shortages, as well as a large need for reducing the average ecological footprint, two of the biggest challenges for the housing sector today concerns affordability and environmental impact. The tiny house movement is a growing movement that is meeting these challenges head-on - but as of now, the topic has been largely overlooked in academia. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of the motivations why people choose to live in tiny houses of tiny houses and the challenges the residents encounter. Furthermore, the study explores what can be learned from the tiny house movement that is of relevance to the Swedish housing market. To fulfill the purpose of the study, a mixed-methods approach has been used in the form of a literature study and semi-structured interviews. The most common motivations identified in the study were financial and simplicity. The main challenges were identified to be legal, placement and practical challenges. The results from this study have been very much in line with what previous studies have found, and this could mean that we might be reaching a general understanding of motivations and challenges in the tiny house movement.
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Wahlberg, Emelie. "Tomteboda BO." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-157707.
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Projektet innebär en nyprogrammering och ombyggnad av en stor 60-talsbyggnad, belägen framför det nationalromantiska "Kontrollkontoret" i Solna, Tomteboda. Det nya förslaget innebär yteffektiva student och forskarbostäder i mångfald. Från enkilda boendeceller till gemensamma boenden och radhusliknande lägenheter. Detta för att möta den efterfrågan av bostäder som ständigt ökar och för att anpassa den ekonomiska aspekten i att bygga bostäder så nära Stockholms city. En central fråga har varit att anpassa boendet efter buller, då platsen är utsatt för buller från olika håll; järnväg & motorväg. I den platseffektiva lösningen har en annan central ingrediens varit att skapa många olika rumlisgheter i nära anslutning till varandra och på så sätt tillåta sinnet att transporteras långa sträckor och därmed öka kännslan av rymd istället för att göra det med endast fysiska attribut.The project involves reprogramming and conversion of a large 60th century building, located in front of the National Romantic "Control Office" in Solna, Tomteboda. The new proposal involves a student and graduate residences in diversity. From small "bedcells" to the common lodging and townhouse apartments. This is to meet the demand of housing that is constantly increasing and to adapt the economic aspect of building homes so close to downtown Stockholm. A key issue has been to adapt the new purpose of the house from the noise, since the site is exposed to heavy noise from various sources; railway and highway. In the space effective solution, another key ingredient has been to create many different athmospheres close to each other that offers your mind to be transported long distances and thereby increase the sence of space instead ofachieving it with physical attributes.
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Bak, Jun Hyeong. "Sustainable urban development in South Korea : compact urban form, land use, housing type, and development methods." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4781/.
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Over the past few decades, South Korea has experienced economic development and urbanisation, the effects of which have included environmental degradation and social problems. The principles of sustainable development have gained support as an approach to dealing with these issues; and the compact city has been proposed as a means of delivering sustainable development without the sprawl of Western cities. This thesis examines the applicability of the compact city to South Korea, particularly to large-scale developments, through the perspective of sustainable development. The research questions, ‘How and why have urban developments in South Korea been accompanied by compactness?’ and, ‘What implications does this have for sustainable development?’ are examined through two case studies: Yong-in, a city developed by diverse methods; and Se-jong, a city developed as a single new project. The case studies demonstrate that new settlements by high-rise apartments in South Korea have achieved a high degree of compactness, and residents have appreciated their liveability and made them their popular housing choice. The thesis concludes that the compact city in South Korean urban development is not only feasible, but is acceptable to residents; and it suggests a compact city model and strategies applicable in the South Korean context.
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Sakrison, Rodney G. "Summer water use in compact communities : the effect of small lots and growth management plans on single-family water use in King County, Washington /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10797.
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Vyhnánková, Kristýna. "Technické zhodnocení budovy." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226118.
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In my diploma thesis I am trying to explain a technical assessment from the legal, accounting, tax perspective and determine the value of technical assessment of building in CZK. The theoretical part is devoted to a description of a technical assessment and its legal rules. The practical part is focused on two specific projects: a shopping centre and a block of flats. It contains the budgets of these projects and determination of the extent of a technical assessment for individual objects.
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Sandsten, Erik. "Can Less Room Make Room for the Elephant in the Room?" Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298816.
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Just north of Stockholm is a neighbourhood of wooden buildings, all of them a merge of three or four compact family homes placed carefully in the topography.This typology is challenging a housing stock dominated by the open plan. For several people living together, a sequence of smaller rooms, a raumplan, may instead be more functional, spatially varied, and flexible. The homes consist of rooms, niches, partitions, and lofts, separated by different materials and ceiling heights creating different ambiences, with some shared rooms to expand into or rent out. To further improve the spaces, I researched the movements dealing with making the most out of a smaller space, like minimalism and compact living, and used this to increase the feeling of space and the functionality. I hope the varied sequences of spaces give people the possibility of creating their own feeling of home.
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Strege, Julia, and Johanna Ljungquist. "Produktutveckling med helhetsperspektiv - Framtagning av interiörsartikel : Från idé till färdig produkt." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-35305.
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Denna rapport, utförd av Johanna Ljungquist och Julia Strege, redogör för examensarbetet på högskoleingenjörsnivå för företaget Storefactory. Arbetet ligger inom ämnet produktutveckling och innovation. Företaget har sin bas i Jönköping och arbetar huvudsakligen med att designa och utveckla interiörsartiklar för privatpersoner. Företaget har idag omkring 120 återförsäljare runtom i Sverige.Projektets syfte har varit att med hjälp av de ingenjörskunskaper och verktyg som studenterna förvärvat under sin utbildning, formge en interiörsartikel för företaget. Arbetet ska resultera i ett konkret förslag på en produkt med ett komplett produktionsunderlag; materialspecifikation, vald tillverkningsmetod, ritningar och kostnadsuppskattning. Målet med arbetet har varit att produkten ska kunna leda till produktion och försäljning via Storefactorys återförsäljare.Arbetet och utvecklingen av produkten skalades ner och koncentrerades till tre målsättningar och fokusområden: Storefactorys vision, hållbarhet och samhällets trender. Dessa fokusområden har tagits i akt och hänsyn till, under samtliga delar av produktutvecklingsarbetet. Arbetet har bland annat innefattat en omfattande förstudie, idégenerering, konceptutvärdering, prototypbyggen samt kontakt med relevanta samarbetspartners.Resultatet av detta arbete är en vägghängd plåthylla som tillverkas genom tre bearbetningsmoment: stansning, bockning och pulverlackering. Plåthyllan Vikner är idag klar för produktion och studenterna är mycket nöjda med resultatet. Nyckelord: hållbarhet, framtida bostäder, produktutveckling och hållbar produktion.This thesis, performed by Johanna Ljungquist and Julia Strege, outlines the thesis in Bachelor of Science in Design and Product Development for the interior company Storefactory. The company is situated in Jönköping, working mainly with designing and developing interior design products for the household. The company has currently around 120 retailers across Sweden.The aim of the thesis has been, with the help of the engineering knowledge and tools that the students acquired during their education, to design and form an interior design product for the company.The work should result in a tangible proposal with a complete production documentation: material specification, selected manufacturing method, mechanical drawings and cost estimation. The purpose of this work has been to lead the product to production and sale through the retailers of Storefactory.The work and the development of the product were early scaled down and concentrated to three objectives and areas of focus: Storefactory’s vision, sustainability and trends of the society. These areas of focus have been taken into consideration during all aspects of developing the product. The work has included a comprehensive feasibility study, generation of ideas, evaluation of concepts, prototyping and contact with relevant partners and suppliers.The result of this work is a wall mounted shelf in sheet metal manufactured in three steps: punching, bending and powder coating. The shelf, named Vikner, is today ready for production, and the students are very satisfied with the results. Keywords: sustainability, future housing, product development and sustainable production.
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Goussi, Johansson Sofia. "Trivsel i en komprimerad bostad : En studie om trivsel och att känna sig hemma i komprimerade bostäder." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-44330.
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Vad är det som gör att ett hem är just ett hem? Det är en fråga som kräver olika svar, ett hem för någon behöver inte vara ett hem för någon annan. ”Hem” kan definieras på många sätt, men en sak som nog många är enade om är att ett hem är en plats där man ”känner sig hemma”, och där man trivs. Denna uppsats har genomfört etnografiska studier av olika komprimerade bostäder samt sammanställt en litteraturöversikt för att svara på frågeställningarna; “Vad säger litteraturen om komprimerade bostäder och trivsel? Hur gör sig människor hemma i en komprimerad bostad? Hur kan man utforma komprimerade bostäder men samtidigt behålla den trivsamma hemmiljön?”. Som en del av resultatet har ett förslag på en komprimerad bostad tagits fram som har baserats på litteraturen och den etnografiska studien. Studien har även behandlat viktiga begrepp såsom; komprimerad, trivsel, hem och kvalitet. Uppsatsen diskuterar vilka faktorer som tillför trivsel och hemmakänslan samt hur det kan förbättras när det kommer till komprimerade bostäder. Den tar upp hur man behöver tänka när man designar en komprimerad bostad om vilka delar som man ska lägga huvudvikten vid.What makes a home to be a home? That is a question that requires different answers, a home for one person doesn’t have to be a home for another. “Home” can be defined in many ways but one thing that lots of people agree with is that a home is a place where you “feel like home” and a place where you feel well. This essay has completed ethnographic studies of different compact housing and compiled a literature review to answer the following questions; “ What does the research say about compact living and well-being? How do people make themselves feel like home within compact housing? How can we design compact housing but at the same time maintain a pleasant home environment?”. As a part of the result, a proposal of a compact housing has been made. It has been based on literature and ethnographic study. The essay has also addressed important concepts such as; compact, well-being, home and quality. The essay discusses which aspects that contribute well-being and the homefeeling, also how that can improve with compact housing. It highlights how you should think when you are designing compact housing, which parts to put the main emphasis on.
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Kuba, Jonáš. "Kompaktní formy bydlení v Brně, Černá Pole." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-355010.
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The aim of the thesis is to design a compact housing with appropriate public services in the current barracks area in Černá Pole which is 16.97 ha large. The project respects existing buildings as it continues with a block structure of urban rental houses. The result is the area unification and creating a new local centre. The project strives for a functional urban development as it emphasizes the concept functionality, clarity and purity.
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Májek, Jan. "Kompaktní formy bydlení." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233240.
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"The compact forms of housing" is a term with which the Czech interior design yet do not often occur. This concept densely built low-rise residential files yet carries a strong potential not only in matters of mere living, but also offers one of the progressive alternative ways of living environment in general. Examined form of residential buildings is becoming increasingly important especially in specific situations where conventional housing is failing and instead generates other social problems. This thesis is primarily seeking the maximum extent available to document the issue of a compact housing, describe its basic form and point out the historical roots of this typology. The acquired knowledge was then subjected to an in-depth analysis, the output of which is to be the most comprehensive characterization researched the topic and its inclusion in the context of the standard forms of housing. The result is a set of research information, assumptions and typological bases that determine the primary urban, architectural, or social limits of the residential category. This work attempts to take into account the specified topic in the broader context of housing as a basic human need. As a result of findings would be its contribution to the culture scene in our home and create a theoretical material that would become an essential information base for creating compact residential files. The conclusions of this research can be further developed, tested and refined in the educational process at the faculties of architecture or in the practice. The results of research could stimulate interest in this type of housing and contribute to the enrichment of Czech housing scene of a synthetic form, which will form the connecting link between the typological family house and an apartment building. Low-rise housing complexes with a high population density can also create an effective counterbalance to the typical suburban development of part-time family home and offer method, respectively one of the alternative ways to be with this dilapidated urban housing estate deal.