Undesirable Living Conditions Among Glass-walled Skyscrapers in Hong Kong

That means upwards of sixty people could be sharing a single bathroom. This is disgusting and extremely unhygienic. With cramped spaces comes bug infestations and illnesses. To say the least, these “homes” were breaking every health code violation that exists today. I strongly disagree with how these people were treated and expected to live.

Most contracts never mentioned the safety and comfort of tenants (p. 10). In addition, many of the tenants were working and needed to be close to where they worked. The costs of living in these tenement houses were ridiculously high for the condition and size of the rooms.

Tenement buildings are run down buildings, mostly in the city. Poor families and mostly poor immigrants would live inside these buildings. Tenement buildings were very unhealthy to live in. A danger that families had to face in these buildings was that they were run down. Run down buildings could fall apart and the ceilings could be tore. Also, the buildings could have mold and people can get sick from breathing in mold, laying on mold, or ingesting mold. Tenements were also small and crowded with people, so if someone gets sick in the tenement it will spread very fast to the whole family. Tenement buildings are also very unsanitary. There were outhouses outside the buildings and these outhouses would stink up the neighborhood. Outhouses are unsanitary because the waste inside them would be stuck inside them for a long time and that can attract bugs. Furthermore, outside these tenements in the backyard, were mud and animal feces all over the place. Along with the mud and animal waste children would try to play outside but, it would be to dirty for them to go outside and play. Fires were one of the many dangers that people in tenement buildings had to face. If there was a fire it would be hard for tenement residents to evacuate the building because there was no fire escapes. Likewise, tenements residents could also have fire hazards like cigarettes or

Dumbbell Tenement: It was a new type of housing shaped like a dumbbell. It’s supposed to be spacious for more families (Up to six). Greedy landlords over stuffed the apartment, so that they could fit more families and more families means more money. It was a fire hazard, unhygienic, and a lot of diseases were passed around.

“Officials said the conditions inside the camp are unsanitary and dangerous for the approximately 300 homeless people living there.”(Q13 Fox)(7). For some homeless people, camps are considered their “home”, living in cramped camps could increase the risk of diseases and for many of them and add on to their enormous list of problems on top of being homeless. Jam-packed camps could easily be a widespread field of diseases and illnesses, especially in the cold season where everyone seems to catch a disease or illness. “Scoggins said the living conditions in the unsanctioned homeless camp are tragic and unsanitary.”(Q13 Fox)(6). Many homeless people spend years living in homeless camps and with not much money going into those camps, the living conditions of those camps are not always that clean. While many people are living in clean and elegant homes, the homeless are living in places no human would ever dream of living in and yet homeless people are living in those places not only for days, but for months or maybe even years just to survive in the world. Therefore, while living in their “home”, the homeless encounter grimy conditions while doing

The environment and overall condition of those houses were so poor that people were trying not to get in even when they were no place to sleep. Also they may have been sold as a cheap labor for those who can pay them with food and place to live. Only the

Housing, according to 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, there were 2,934 housing units in the community area. Due in the drastic population increased that occurred over the last decade, the rate of vacant housing units in the planning area was lower (8 percent) than Chicago (13 percent). The rate of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing units in the Chinatown were 41 percent and 59 percent. The median value of owner-occupied housing units in the Chinatown was $266,800 in 2015 that was higher than that of Chicago ($222,900). In terms of affordable housing, although the median housing value in the Chinatown was higher than Chicago, the household in the Chinatown still spent less than Chicago on housing in 2013. Nearly 76 percent households of the Chinatown spent less than 30 percent of their income and 22 percent spent less than 16 percent of their income on housing. In contrast with Chicago, only 62 percent households spent less than 30 percent of their income and 5 percent households spent less than 16 percent of their income on housing.

The residents in these areas typically have weakened immune systems and there is not a lot of clean air flow through these buildings as there would be outside in the community, although Kenyon.edu says community occurrences are increasing and so is drug resistance. They also say pneumonia is the leading cause of death in hospitals. A figure from Oxfordjournals.org shows in one study, 29% of people hospitalized with methicillin resistant pneumonia died. Kenyon.org’s figures show about 94,000 people in the US in 2007 were diagnosed with MRSA and 18,000 of those people died from MRSA related complications, but those numbers are not restricted to pneumonia and is a general

Being raised in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, I lived in high rise buildings that has more than

The terrace housing was built for the middle class - our white collar workers who have managed to escape the slums. These houses were very common in Australia, especially in the heart of Melbourne and Sydney. The terrace was not big enough to fit the average family however, it was a vast improvement compared to the slums. Usually there were four bedrooms - two on top and two on the bottom, as well as a kitchen/dining room. Isolation could be utilised if a communicable illness struck, however the houses themselves were packed in rows next to each other, therefore increasing the risk of bacteria and disease being spread from house to house. The gabled roof was a common characteristic of a terrace house and was made out of slate or corrugated

The pie charts show a comparison between lodging in London in 1990s and lodging in London in the 2010s for people who are age is 25 years. Moreover, the table shows residential buildings in London in 1990s and in 2010 onwards. In 1990s and 2010 a common house was the highest percentage. Living at home and apartment alone was the lowest percentage while common house and flat was the highest percentage in the 2010s. On the other hand in the 1990s the lowest percentage is living at home alone while the highest percentage is living with parents. During the 1990s and the 2010s was decreasing of living at flat alone and living with parents. In the 2010 onward cheaper cost than in the 1990s except living at home contains 3-4 bedrooms. In 2010

In order to evaluate common fire hazards within a building and the risks presented by these, it is essential to have an understanding of where fires start, and what causes them in varying occupancy types. The best process to fulfil this aim is to review existing statistical data. Existing data is a vital tool in analysing areas or functions of a building which have the greatest risk to occupants. In particular, those functions or areas of a building having higher fatality rates historically in buildings of a similar type should be treated with special consideration (i.e. Class 2, Kitchen). It is important to be familiar with these statistics as they play a key role in predicting outcomes of future fires. Using this knowledge, fire safety engineers can identify patterns and high risk factors; and apply appropriate building fire safety systems in an attempt to reduce fire

What place has the best harmony of the east and the west in the world do you think? The Middle East? Southeast Asia? or China town in the US? I think Hong Kong has the best harmonious culture in the world because it was a part of England and China, and many people from Hong Kong can speak English and Chinese. Even until now, China is not much open as many other liberal economy countries, but Hong Kong is. According to Milton Friedman who is one of the famous economies in the world, and who were awarded the Novel Prize in Economic Sciences, Hong Kong is a good example of the free market system. Therefore, Hong Kong has been influenced many different cultures, and it becomes one of the harmoniest countries in the world. It became independent from England, but it has not been included China yet, so it has very distinctive culture. It was established in July 1st 1997 and would be a part of China 50 years after 1997 (Hong Kong Basic Law). Hong Kong rapidly developed social systems and economy in 1980. Therefore, there are many similarities and differences between 1980 and now.

Chiu, Rebecca L. H., (1994), "Housing intervention in Hong Kong: from Laissez Faire to Privatization" in Benjamin K.P. Leung and

Hong Kong,as one of the world's leading international financial centres,it has a major capitalist service economy characterized by low taxation and free trade. It is known of the world's most services-oriented economy, with services sectors accounting for more than 90% of GDP.