Housing policy is typically discussed with blatant disregard for urban transport and the locations where industrial and business zones are authorized. When planners designed Punta Cana – the very successful tourist destination in the Dominican Republic – or the giant Fiat plant in Betim, Brazil, they forgot to plan for their workers’ housing.
经济学家和决策者忽视了城市生活的物理功能。探讨住房政策时往往公然无视城市交通和授权工商业区的位置因素。规划者在设计多米尼加共和国明星旅游胜地蓬塔卡纳或巴西贝蒂姆的巨型菲亚特工厂时忘了考虑工人的住房规划。于是棚户区自然蔓延得非常迅速。