Editing Attap dwelling (section)

== Singapore ==
Attap-roofed houses were formerly common in rural areas of [[Singapore]]. From the 1950s onwards, many attap roofs were replaced by [[zinc]] sheeting. [[Public housing in Singapore|Public housing]] and [[Urban renewal in Singapore|urban renewal]] programmes resulted in a sharp decline in the number of attap- and zinc-roofed houses starting from the 1960s. As of the 1980 Census, 10.8% of houses were attap- or zinc-roofed, vs. 34% in 1970; most were located in outlying areas.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cheng |first=Lim Keak |date=September 1990 |title=House types and their spatial patterns in Singapore |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF02428537 |journal=GeoJournal |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=33–48 |doi=10.1007/BF02428537 |issn=0343-2521|url-access=subscription }}</ref>