Post Occupancy Evaluation of a Planned Community in Arctic Canada.

• Main Authors: Bechtel,Robert B, Ledbetter,C Burgess
• Other Authors: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION TUSCON AZ
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Sociology and Law; *COMMUNITIES; *BEHAVIOR; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; HOUSING(DWELLINGS); ARCTIC REGIONS; *Nanisivik(Canada); Planned communities; AST42; PE62730A; WU002; Arctic; Canada; Nanisivik; Northwest Territories; inuits
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA082162; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA082162

This report describes a post-occupancy evaluation of a small mining community in the high Arctic. Providing superior housing, having wives work and integrating singles, Inuits (the indigenous people) and families successfully established a viable community. Fewer problems were encountered than is us...