Environmental Preference, Habitat Selection and Urban Housing

This paper addresses the suitability of various forms of housing for particular groups and the possibility of applying experiences derived from other cultures. The dangers of overgeneralization, and hence the need to be culture‐specific, are stressed. At the same time a general approach is proposed which enables lessons to be derived from other cultures that clarify the suitability and acceptability of various environments and suggest ways in which acceptability and suitability of new urban and housing forms can be improved.