Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1048017 | Habitat International | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This analysis of housing experiences and aspirations in three remote Indigenous settlements in Australia (Mimili, Maningrida and Palm Island) reveals extreme liveability problems directly related to the scale and form of housing provision. Based upon field visits to each of the settlements and extensive interviews with residents and local housing and community officers, the paper analyses two aspects of living in such housing conditions at two spatial scales, the layout of the settlement and the design of individual houses. The failings at both scales are shown to be the fault of a dysfunctional housing system that is only recently being addressed.
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Authors
John Fien, Esther Charlesworth, Gini Lee, Douglas Baker, Tammy Grice, David Morris,