ALRA diagramming for housing dissertation project: an illustration

 Agile Literature Review Approach (ALRA) diagramming for housing dissertation project: an illustration:

An illustration of a theoretical framework level 0

An illustration of a theoretical framework level 1c [simplified]

There is a need to produce a housing-concerns diagram so as to derive the theoretical frameworks as shown above. It could be something likes this, roughly:

It is also useful to group the components above into 3 zones:

Zone 1: environmental drivers

Zone 2: Housing-theme profile

Zone 3: Outcomes/ solutions related.

Finally, try to choose two to three items from the theoretical framework for your project core-focus domain. This is illustrated as follows:

Note that with this theoretical framework, the dissertation student can also formulate the the dissertation project title based on the components in the core-focus domain. At the same time, the dissertation's primary objectives are also clear:

1. to evaluate the physical conditions of homelessness in Hong Kong

2. to evaluate the psychological and subjective conditions of homelessness in Hong Kong

Other associated secondary objectives are:

I. Environmental drivers-related:

3. to evaluate how the economic trends influence negatively the homelessness situation in Hong Kong

4. to evaluate the impacts of the present HK housing policies on HK homelessness situation.

II. Outcomes/ solutions-related:

5. to evaluate the quality of life of the homeless people in Hong Kong

6. to evaluate the economic impacts of homelessness in Hong Kong

7. to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing and new housing policies on addressing the HK homelessness problem.