Highrise building for low-income people: a comparative cost-benefit study of the Huay-Kwang project | |
| Author | Dang Riensuwarn |
| Call Number | AIT SSPR no. 40 |
| Subject(s) | Labor and laboring classes--Dwellings Housing management House construction |
| Note | A special study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | In the £first part of this study an evaluation has been made of the Huay Kwang highrise building project by means of a benefit cost analysis. Attention is directed to the gross tenant benefit according to income distribution 0£ the tenants regardless 0£ all other benefits generated by the project. The variation of the gross tenant benefit-cost ratio with the rent income ratio before occupying the flat and the income 0£ the occupants has been studied. The results show that the middle income people will benefit more than the low income people at every rent-income ratio. The second part of this study has compared the initial project cost of the Huay Kwang highrise buildings at various land costs and densities with single storey row houses for equal numbers of dwelling units. It has been found that the single storey row houses are 32% cheaper if the same density of dwelling units is maintained, but this requires a density of row houses higher .than that permitted by the National Building Research and Development Center 0f Thailand. I£ the single storey row houses are built on a plot of land large enough to meet the standard, then at a land cost of 1700 , ₿ /sq.wah, the project would still be cheaper than the highrise building. |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Special Study Project Report (SSPR) |
| School | Student Research Before 1980 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | AIT SSPR (Year <=1978) |
| Chairperson(s) | Benjamin Stanley N. ;Exell, Robert H.B. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Angel, Shlomo ;Hwang, M.C. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Belgian Government |
| Degree | Special Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1975 |
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