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Social housing estates in urban Oporto: 1901-1956
| Resumo: | Rapid population growth in Oporto in the second half of the nineteenth century intensified the housing problems for less well-off families, especially the families of factory workers. The large demand for housing led to the emergence of a style of construction generally known as «ilhas» (islands). At the end of the century, public dismay grew at the insalubrious and insecure living conditions of the lower classes, and this resulted in part in initiatives to build housing estates for the working class with better sanitary conditions. The first such developments in Oporto were philanthropic in origin (such as the Bairros do Comércio do Porto). These were followed over the years by municipal initiatives (the «workers' colonies») and by state-run developments (the «economical housing estates» of the New State). Our paper seeks to characterise these developments, in order to arrive at a better understanding of working class housing in Oporto at the end of the nineteenth century and in the first half of the present century. |
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| Autores principais: | Loureiro de Matos, Fátima |
| Assunto: | problema habitacional operariado industrial construção de bairros operários habitação popular Porto 1901-1956 housing problems factory workers housing estates for the working class working class housing Oporto 1901-1956 . |
| Ano: | 1994 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Análise Social |
| Resumo: | Rapid population growth in Oporto in the second half of the nineteenth century intensified the housing problems for less well-off families, especially the families of factory workers. The large demand for housing led to the emergence of a style of construction generally known as «ilhas» (islands). At the end of the century, public dismay grew at the insalubrious and insecure living conditions of the lower classes, and this resulted in part in initiatives to build housing estates for the working class with better sanitary conditions. The first such developments in Oporto were philanthropic in origin (such as the Bairros do Comércio do Porto). These were followed over the years by municipal initiatives (the «workers' colonies») and by state-run developments (the «economical housing estates» of the New State). Our paper seeks to characterise these developments, in order to arrive at a better understanding of working class housing in Oporto at the end of the nineteenth century and in the first half of the present century. |
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