Wood consumption survey of housing sector in Peshawar Division
Wood consumption survey of housing sector in Peshawar Division
M.I. Sheikh, R. W. Hussain and Saliheen Khan
ABSTRACT
In Pakistan generally there are two main categories of houses namely, pucca and kutcha. In plains pucca houses are those which are composed of brick/stone masonry while in hills a house having galvanized pitched roof is considered to be a pucca house. All types of other house fall under the category of kutcha house. In a pucca house, wood is usually used for door windows, ventilators and cupboards, while in a kutcha house, in addition to above mentioned uses, wood is also used for roofing. According to 1980 housing census report, the rate of increase in construction of houses during 1973-80 was 2 percent per annum. This was 1.5% in rural
areas and 3.2% in urban areas. The total number of houses in Peshawar division in 1986 is estimated as 377,000. Out of these only 162 households were interviewed to conduct this study. Average family size varies between 7 and 10 persons for both rural and urban
population. Mean monthly income per sample household comes to Rs.2610/- and Rs.3390 for rural and urban areas respectively. Number of persons using one room has been estimated 4.03 and 3.62 in rural and urban areas. Number of rooms per sample household are 4 in rural and 3 in urban areas. Mean wood consumption in constructing one household comes to 6.11 m3 and 1.8 m3 for both dwelling areas. Consequently per capita wood consumption works out to be 0.611 m3 and 0.257 m3 for rural and urban areas. Based on this survey the currant wood consumption is about 1677,000 m3 and projected demand thus calculated for round wood for the year 1990,1995 and 2000 is 1.800, and 2.966 and 2.147 million m3 respectively.
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March 1987
Vol. 37, Iss. 1
