| dc.description.abstract | This study investigates the
liveability of low income vertical apartments
in Colombo, by means of finding the
relationship between environmental
psychological satisfaction and height of
living. The main objective of this study is to
find out to what extent the environmental
psychological satisfaction correlates with the
height of living of the low-income
apartments. A total of 144 individuals (36
from each apartment and 3 from each floor
level) from different age groups were
employed as participants among the
residents of four selected low income
apartments located in Colombo. The primary
data were collected using a structured
questionnaire and the secondary data were
collected by using layouts, floor plans and
photographs of the apartment buildings. A
Stratified random sampling method was
used to select the participants. Safety,
friendship and relationship with neighbours,
basic residential infrastructure, attachment
of residential area, open natural spaces,
privacy, personal spaces and territoriality
are the determinants that were used as the
basis of the questionnaire. The primary data
were analysed by using SPSS (Statistical
package for Social Science) and the study
employed estimation methods of OLS
(Ordinary Least Square) estimation. As the
final outcome, the level of environmental
psychological satisfaction was identified in
relation to the height of living and the aspects
of design response were emphasized and
impacted on it. | en_US |
