sustainability Article Evaluation of the Human Settlements Environment of Public Housing Community: A Case Study of Guangzhou Fan Wu 1, Yue Liu 2, Yingyan Zeng 1, Hui Yan 1, Yi Zhang 3 and Ling-Hin Li 4,* 1 Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +85-23-917-8932 Received: 20 July 2020; Accepted: 2 September 2020; Published: 8 September 2020 Abstract: With the improvement of social housing policies and an increase in the quantity of public housing stock, issues such as poor property management service, poor housing quality, and insufficient public services remain to be resolved. This study focuses on the human settlement environments of public housing communities in Guangzhou and establishes an evaluation system containing built environments and housing environments satisfaction criteria. In our analysis, the evaluation system was modified using data collected from surveys through factor analysis, which reduced dimensions to the indoor environment, the community environment, and social relations. Moreover, multivariable regression analysis was performed to identify the differences of needs among residents with different living environments and family backgrounds. The result shows that housing area, transportation resources, and public services have met the basic needs of residents who were generally satisfied with the community environment of their public housing.