1979 Volume 30 Issue 2 Pages 189-195
The most important factor that determines the housework of housing life is the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the housing and living environment. The urbanization and cityward drift of the population that accompanied the rapid economic growth since 1955 has given rise to a serious housing shortage.
To cope with this, a trend toward concentration of housing units, particulary in the development of public housing complexes, has emerged. Though this has, for the moment, solved the problem, the low quality of Japanese housing is yet to be tackled. This is a factor that determines the housework of housing life.
