Title : A Study on Urbanization  and Housing Development in Yangon

Keywords : Urbanization, Housing development and Department of Human settlement and Housing Development, Yangon City Development Committee

Authors : Zaw Htet Pine

Description : The objective of the study is the conditions of housing demand due to urbanization and how relevant institutions supply this need. The paper focuses on the evolution of urbanization process and the structure of housing development in Yangon. With forces of the urban growing and urban pushing and pulling factors, most of the world countries are changed to formation to megacity. These urbanization processes are also prominently in Yangon that one of Myanmar cities where has a present population of growth up to over 7 million. Based on major milestones in the history of urbanization and housing development, the papers provide the history of housing development in Yangon city. The study reveals that housing problems ' are the most critical problems and dwellers in Yangon have to live with housing shortage to be tackled compulsorily. So the government has initiated many housing schemes since the last two decades especially in Yangon so that it can solve to some extent of housing supply needed for the majority of population in Yangon. This paper aim to study Yangon urbanization and housing supply condition.