Population growth and housing needs of urban areas in Peninsular Malaysia
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1985
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Hashim, Ahmad Fuad
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This study is concerned with the implications of population
growth for housing needs in urban areas of Peninsular Malaysia from
1980 to 2010. The demographic trends and household structure of
the main ethnic groups in the urban area are analysed as a basis
for making projections of the urban population and the number of
urban households. These projections, along with information on
overcrowded, sub-standard, and dilapidated housing are then used
for making estimates of housing needs.
By the the year 2010, the urban population is projected to be
between 12.7 million and 14.4 million. These projections imply
that a total of between 1,938,700 and 2,121,700 new housing units
will be required in that period. In the first decade of the
period, an average of 43,800 to 44,800 new units need to be
constructed annually, and this figure increases to an average of
88,100 to 101,200 new units annually in the last decade. Data on
recent housing construction indicate that there may be annual
shortfalls of 20,000 units between 1980 and 1990. Unless further
measures are taken to meet the needs for housing, there will be
subsequent increases in the housing shortage until at least 2010.
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