strategy
Compiling building data
Synonyms:
Collecting housing statisticsDeveloping databases on key shelter indicators
Implementation:
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe collates and publishes data relating to: dwelling stock and structure of dwelling construction; dwellings completed by type of investor and by type of material used for load-bearing structure; energy consumption by household, consumer price and rent indices; value of construction put in place; indices of employment and unemployment in the construction industry; structure of the building industry; input and output price indices for housing construction; production and wholesale price indices of building materials, production, trade and apparent consumption of cement; average size and distribution by number of persons per household and tenure status; and occupied conventional dwellings by number of rooms and number of persons.
Broader:
Creating databasesMaintaining data bankResearching housing needsCompiling urban indicatorsCompiling socio-economic statisticsReviewing housing laws and regulationsCollecting data Facilitates:
Using indicatorsControlling rentsIncreasing amount of housingCollating household statisticsErecting adequate family dwellingsRepairing existing resident housingEncouraging self-building of houses Problems:
Abandoned private homesAbsentee ownership
Decreasing household size
Inadequate housing for the aged
Inhibition of adult life in small houses
Uncontrolled household rent increases
Underdeveloped provision of household services
Values:
Shelter References:
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Recommendations for the 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing in the UN / ECE RegionUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe: UN / ECE Compendium of Model Provisions for Building Regulations: residential buildings Subjects:
Amenities → Housing, tenantsDevelopment → Development
Fundamental Sciences → Statistics
Industry → Construction
Information → Data, codes
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
