An estimation approach for dividable multiattribute utility of housing via questionnaires of consumers’ ordinal multicriteria preferences

Compared with ordinary commercial products, housing has many special characteristics including the multi-function characteristic. How to evaluate the multi-functional nature of housing is very useful in both theory and in application, yet it is often ignored in China. This paper introduces an approach to estimate the multicriteria function of housing using multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) based on consumers’ ordinal multicriteria preferences as determined via questionnaires. When compared with the classic framework in which MAUT is applied, this approach needs less prior information and subjective comparisons and thus can allay many of the operational difficulties involved in assessment. Some potential applications to the China housing market are also discussed.

浅谈居住设计中可持续发展理念的应用

随着人们对可持续发展理念的广泛接受和深入理解,住宅外部空间环境的发展越来越注重主体与客体环境的协调与平衡,使环境质量在自然生态和人文生态两个方面都能得到可持续的发展。建筑设计者们也有意识地将以人为本的设计宗旨运用在居住建筑的空间设计上。强调功能上的合理、便捷,视觉上的清新、愉悦以及心理上的安全、舒适。创造与地方文化相结合,促进邻里交往。