Collective concept referring to the types of living arrangements of a particular group. For the specific structures or groups of structures designed for these arrangements, use the descriptors collocated under "dwellings", <housing complexes>, or "settlements."

housing(concept)　(P,,U,English-P,D,U,N)
shelter(concept)　(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
huisvesting(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
residencia(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
morada(,U,Spanish-NP,AD,U,U)
住宅(功能概念)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,,)
住房(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
chu chai (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
zhù zhái(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
zhu zhai(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Associated Concepts Facet
........Associated Concepts
............<functional concepts>
................housing (concept)

distinguished from....	dwellings
contextual thing(s) are....	inhabited places
product(s) needing/produced by are....	housing complexes

Dutch....	Gebruik waar mogelijk een preciezere term.
Spanish....	Úsese para el concepto colectivo referido a los tipos de disposición de vida de un grupo particular. Para las estructuras específicas o grupos de estructuras diseñadas para estas disposiciones, use los descriptores situados bajo "vivienda", Complejos de Viviendas o "asentamiento".
Chinese (traditional)....	一群體居住環境的集體概念。特定的居住環境結構或結構設計，請參閱列於「住所」、<集合住宅>或「聚落」的描述語組合。

housing(concept)............	[VP]
.................	Canadian Urban Thesaurus (1979)
.................	Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
.................	Dumouchel, Dictionary of Development Terminology (1975) 117
.................	HUD Research Thesaurus (1980)
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
.................	ROOT Thesaurus (1981)
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
.................	Worcester Art Museum Library, List of subject headings, unpub. (1976)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
shelter(concept)............	[VP]
.................	Candidate term Avery - 12/88
huisvesting............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
residencia............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Nuevo Espasa Ilustrado 2000, Diccionario Enciclopédico (1999)
morada............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) II:453
住宅(功能概念)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	牛津當代大辭典 877
.................	文馨活用英漢辭典 868
.................	遠東實用英漢辭典 633
住房............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 854
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) precoor.; Housing: Concrete
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

Getty AAT: 300000283 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300000283
ASDC Union Catalog： housing 、shelter 、huisvesting 、residencia 、morada 、住宅 、 住房 、chu chai 、zhù zhái 、zhu zhai