Relationship between the socio-economic characteristics and adherence to residential building bye-laws in Ludhiana city

Abstract

A sample of 120 respondents was selected randomly from areas under Improvement Trust Ludhiana (sample-I) and Municipal Corporation Ludhiana (sample-II). An interview schedule was prepared to collect data from the respondents. The list of existing residential building bye-laws was obtained from Improvement Trust Ludhiana and Municipal Corporation Ludhiana. The findings of the study revealed that there was positive correlation of education of head of the family and year of construction of house with the adherence to residential building bye-laws in sample-I i.e. localities under Improvement Trust Ludhiana. Whereas, in sample-II i.e. localities under Municipal Corporation Ludhiana the education of head family, family income and year of construction was positively correlated with the adherence to residential building bye-laws. The level of adherence to residential building bye-laws was high in sample- I because majority houses were planned by architect and in sample-II the level of adherence was medium because around half of the houses were constructed before purchase.