This study focuses on the issues regarding the insignificant effects of
housing improvement projects due to lack of determination among
residents. To address the problem, the present study examines the
consciousness of inhabitants in the area of ho...
This study focuses on the issues regarding the insignificant effects of
housing improvement projects due to lack of determination among
residents. To address the problem, the present study examines the
consciousness of inhabitants in the area of housing improvement and their
evaluation on residential environment based on a questionnaire survey. As
a result, the following conclusions have been reached through the analysis
in this study:
1) In terms of housing improvement projects, agreement and
disagreement rates are similar. Also, respondents prefer moving in
apartment houses or single family houses within five years once they join
the project. Further, it is temporary housing and low-interest loans that
they demand more than anything else.
2) Regarding the satisfaction with housing area, such neighborhood
factors as relationship with neighbors, kindness of residents in the
neighborhood, and cohesion among residents were found highly satisfactory,
while the safety factors including fire, crime and traffic accident prevention
facilities turned out very dissatisfactory. The results indicate that satisfaction with housing area will rise if the safety factors are improved.
3) In addition, as those who want to live in housing area are highly
satisfied with houses and convenience while their satisfaction level is low
in neighborhood and safety factors, it is necessary to raise the level of
neighborhood and safety aspects so that existing communities among
inhabitants will not fall to pieces.
4) Concerning the necessity of facilities, it was found that most of
facilities except joint work-places, welfare centers and child-care centers
are needed. Above all, roads, water supply and sewage systems, footpaths,
and bathing facilities are required more than anything else. In particular,
respondents are more willing to join housing improvement projects if roads
and footpaths are repaired, which accounts for the correlation between
infrastructure maintenance and the consciousness over improving housing
environment.
5) With regard to the correlation between the satisfaction with housing
area and the infrastructure, there is a positive correlation with the
convenience of housing and the footpaths, that is, the more they are
satisfied with the convenience of housing area, the more they demand
footpaths. By contrast, there is a negative correlation with the safety and
the roads in housing area, so the more they are dissatisfied with safety in
housing area, the more they need roads.
6) It was found that respondents are hardly dissatisfied with the
infrastructure except roads. In fact, roads were found very dissatisfactory.
This implies that to raise the satisfaction level with housing area, it is a
must to deal with the dissatisfactory aspects in relation to roads, and that road maintenance is a prerequisite task for housing environment
improvement projects.