Problem
Impersonality of high density accommodation
Nature:
There is a direct correlation between the incidence of mental disorder and high-rise living. Such housing has a tendency to isolate people in their apartments; home life is separated from casual street life by hallways, long passageways, stairs and lifts; the decision to go out in search of public life becomes formal and awkward; and unless there is some specific task to bring people out into the world, they tend to stay at home alone. There is also a remarkable lack of communication between families in high-rise buildings. Children and the elderly are especially isolated; the elderly are too tired, feeble or discouraged to go through the apartment maze to get to the outside, and children become conditioned to a life within walls. Broader Problems:
Socially inappropriate housingOvercrowding of housing and accommodationUnbalanced urban population density gradientsMonolithic architecture of high-rise buildings Narrower Problems:
Inadequate facilities for children's play Related Problems:
Inhibition of adult life in small housesInsufficient common land in urban environments Aggravates:
Excessive population mobilityImpoverished psychosocial human environmentDepressing effect of poor housing construction Strategies:
Personalizing accommodation Subject(s):
Amenities → Housing, tenants??Ekistics → Ekistics ??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
22.11.2019 – 04:32 CET