Floor space per capita is a commonly used indicator for household energy use because end use functions like lighting and space heating and cooling are closely related to living space schipper et al 2001.
Residential floor space per capita india goals.
Average living space in mumbai.
Residential floor space per capita in china increased by 10 square metres while in india it increased by at most 1 square metre graph 6 8 despite the larger average household size in india estimates of urban residential floor.
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The effects are tracked by trends in residential space heating intensity defined as energy consumption per floor area which significantly decreased in most iea countries.
Housing is also affordable due to sizeable housing subsidies a large social and co operative housing market and widespread rent control in the private market.
Each resident has just 8 sq m to call own the per capita residential area currently available in mumbai is just 8 3 square metre the survey s findings state.
Floor area dwellings per building single family stock floor area ownership tenure low income elder occupant non residential buildings floor area after 2000 public private offices wholesale trade heating ac systems gas.
With about 1 6 rooms per person living space requirements are well met and only 1 of the population live in dwellings without basic sanitary facilities.
For instance france germany and the united kingdom.
Chinese urban residential floor space per capita is estimated to be around 22 square metres in 2010 more than double its level in 1990 graph 5.
As china develops further and incomes rise floor space per capita is projected to continue its upward path.
Housing space per person this indicator is dedicated only to housing and shows the average floor area per person dweller according type of building in division family houses apartment buildings.