Analysis of climatic and social performances of low cost terrace housing (LCTH) - introducing the affordable quality housing (AQH) concept in Malaysia

• Main Author: Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Archnet, Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT), United States 2009
• Subjects: NA100 Architecture and the state
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29045/1/Analysis_of_climatic_and_social_performances_of_low_cost_terrace_housing.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29045/; http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10597

Low cost terrace housing (LCTH) is the most common form and popular typology of public housing in Malaysia. The provision of the houses is deemed to be the most suitable to fulfill the needs to house low income families, and also as an alternative to high rise low cost housing. Since the implementat...