Housing Infrastructure
1. Introduction
House is basically a place where people live, sleep, or spending time with their family. The term housing is defined as buildings or structures that individuals used as a shelter or as a protection that meet certain regulations set by the governments [1]. Housing is part of built infrastructures that nowadays had become a major investment in most country throughout the world. Infrastructures is then interpreted as “ the underlying foundation or basic framework; the system of public works of a country, state, or region; the resources (such as personnel, buildings, or equipment) required for an activity” (Merriam-Webster, 2005).
In this modern environment, we could see plenty of buildings, roads, bridges, housing and many other facilities been built in most country in the world. All of these are built infrastructures and they play vital role in supporting not only the growth of economics sector for a country but also can be reflects as the standard of living for the society living in that area.
Housing and built infrastructure are affected by various inputs such as the need of fresh water, electricity, transport, weather patterns, waste processing and many more. Without having all of these inputs together, a house and infrastructure will become incomplete and thus will become a major problem to the area. For example, electricity is important not only after the construction of the house but also during the construction process being carried out as electricity is used to generate power to the equipment on the site. This shows that all of the inputs are related and dependent to each other in order to build a sustainable housing and infrastructure.
Housing is basically a basic need for all people. Maslow (1943) stated that human are determined to achieve certain needs in their life. When they able to accomplish one need, they tend to accomplish the other need and so on [2]. Essentially, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs explained why human
House is basically a place where people live, sleep, or spending time with their family. The term housing is defined as buildings or structures that individuals used as a shelter or as a protection that meet certain regulations set by the governments [1]. Housing is part of built infrastructures that nowadays had become a major investment in most country throughout the world. Infrastructures is then interpreted as “ the underlying foundation or basic framework; the system of public works of a country, state, or region; the resources (such as personnel, buildings, or equipment) required for an activity” (Merriam-Webster, 2005).
In this modern environment, we could see plenty of buildings, roads, bridges, housing and many other facilities been built in most country in the world. All of these are built infrastructures and they play vital role in supporting not only the growth of economics sector for a country but also can be reflects as the standard of living for the society living in that area.
Housing and built infrastructure are affected by various inputs such as the need of fresh water, electricity, transport, weather patterns, waste processing and many more. Without having all of these inputs together, a house and infrastructure will become incomplete and thus will become a major problem to the area. For example, electricity is important not only after the construction of the house but also during the construction process being carried out as electricity is used to generate power to the equipment on the site. This shows that all of the inputs are related and dependent to each other in order to build a sustainable housing and infrastructure.
Housing is basically a basic need for all people. Maslow (1943) stated that human are determined to achieve certain needs in their life. When they able to accomplish one need, they tend to accomplish the other need and so on [2]. Essentially, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs explained why human
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