Social Priorities of Less Developed Countries Sustainable Housing (Case of Sudan)

Ayman K. Abdelgadir (1), Omer A. Abu Elzein (2), Faris Hameed (3)
(1) Sur University College, Oman, Oman,
(2) University of Najran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia,
(3) Sur University College, Oman, Oman

Abstract

Sustainable development and sustainable housing indicators are a response to the trend of adopting sustainable development objectives, adopted by most countries, especially developed and less developed countries. It is difficult to implement indicators developed for a developing country context in other contexts with different social, economic and environmental conditions. Social sustainability is the most important priority regarding evaluating the housing development projects in the developed and less developed countries. Economic conditions is linked in many aspects to the social sustainability indicators. Environmental indicators are important, but the less developed countries in general has a very low environmental foot prints, this is because the industry sector is usually week comparing to the developed countries. This paper reviews the sustainable housing indicators, with a focus on United Nations reports and indicators developed for contexts similar to study area, without ignoring the most reputable indicators developed for developing countries context. The research came with a set of indicators reflects the social priorities of the new housing development in Sudan. A questionnaire participants decided the relative important of each indicator and also the importance of the parameters of each indicator. Developing a set of social priorities for Sudan will give extra efficiency in promoting and assessing sustainability in the study area. Description of the questionnaire results which reflects the national social sustainable housing development priorities are discussed. The researches came with a set of recommendations to enhance the social aspects for new housing development projects in Sudan. Using this set of priorities and recommendations will give extra efficiency in promoting and assessing sustainability in the study area.

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Ayman K. Abdelgadir
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Omer A. Abu Elzein
Faris Hameed
Abdelgadir, A. K., Abu Elzein, O. A., & Hameed, F. (2019). Social Priorities of Less Developed Countries Sustainable Housing (Case of Sudan). ARCHive-SR, 3(1), 27–37. https://doi.org/10.21625/archive.v3i1.428

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