| This is a thesis about the dwelling of the low-income floating population. As a special group, they play an important part on economy, society and culture of city in the 21st century .The question of floating population's dwelling becomes a serious problem in China rapid urbanization.The paper makes a preliminary study on the policy, the design principle and the method as well as other relative problems of the dwelling of the low-income floating population through the investigation of the existing condition and analyzing the residential need and settlement pattern. The paper also draws lesson from the successful experience of public housing development in other countries and regions.The paper is consisted of five parts:The first part deals with the relative social background about the floating population, the existing problems and the essence of the study. It also summaries the present research of domestic and aboard, as well as identifies the range of the study.The second part summaries the factors that affect the housing decision and the main dwelling type through the investigation and analyzing of the existing examples. It also involves the environmental quality of the floating population settlements.The third part introduces and summaries the policy experience of public housing development in other countries and regions.The fourth part emphasizes on the floating population's life style, the residential need and tries to make sure the standard low limit living space.The fifth part discusses the present settlement pattern and existing problems, and tries to study how to solve the issues better by some typical cases. |