Page No.85-92
Mohua Chatterjee
Bethune College, Kolkata
The present study was aimed at comparing the housing environment perception
of the adult inhabitants of high rise and non-high rise households of Kolkata. 256
adults residing on 5th floor and above were randomly selected. Following the same
procedure a group of non-high rise buildings (not more than three storeys) from
the same locality 256 residents were randomly taken. The General Information
Questionnaire (G.I.Q) and Housing Environment Perception Inventory (H.E.P) were
used. The findings indicated an unfavourable perception of the housing environment
by the residents of high rise buildings irrespective of their genders. Furthermore,
there were significant differences between the housing environment perception
scores obtained by the male as well as the female residents of both types of
buildings
.