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Preferences of Landscape Elements at Different Housing Typologies in Indian Context

Ankita Srivastava, Yogesh Kumar Garg, Nakul Dhagat

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Abstract Landscape elements help in enhancing the health and well-being of the people along with creating pleasant housing environment. In India housing diverges to a great extent and existing typology of housing depending on its physical appearance, bye-laws, and socio-economic profile. This paper identifies the categories of landscape elements and classifies the housing typology by literature review. In this paper, primary data of 18housing colonies from six identified housing typologies in Bhopal, India is investigated to determine the residents’ preference for landscape elements. Statistical analysis of the survey data was done for the concluding result. This paper provides the residents’ preference for landscape elements belonging to different housing typologies. The understanding of residents’ preference shall assist architects and planners in developing housing of different typologies accordingly. Keywords: landscape elements, health and wellbeing, housing typologies, residents’ preference

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