高层住宅的优点是可以节约土地，增加住房和居住人口。
High-rise apartment has the virtue of saving land, increasing both  residential area and number of inhabitants。
  
如同样的地基建六层住宅与建12层住宅，土地利用率、住房和居住人口可以提高一倍。
For example, 12- story of apartment compared with 6-story of apartment built on the same base can be improved 1 time on rate of land utilization, the households and inhabitants。
  
尤其是在我国人口密度和建筑密度较高的地区，拆迁的费用很高，动员人口外迁的工作难度很大，但通过建设高层住宅就能较好地处理各方面的矛盾。
Particularly in the area with high density of population construction, there is a higher building demolition fee。
   It’s also difficult to resettle the inhabitants。 Buiding high-rise apartments can properly fix the various conflicts。
同时，建造和使用高层住宅也有不足之处，
Whereas, building and using high-rise apartments also have some shortcomings。
  
如：投资大，高层建筑的钢材和混凝土消耗量都高于多层建筑，加上要配置电梯、高压水泵，增加公共走道和门窗，一次性投入很大，
i。e。, high investment。 The consumption of steel and concrete for high-rise building is higher than low-rise building。
   Additionally, the amount of one time input fee is huge。 This includes the cost of elevators, high-pressure pumps, public passageways, doors, windows, etc。
   
另外使用后，还要为电梯、泵站修缮养护付出一笔经常性费用；
Further, for usage of the apartment, a recurrent fee occurs for maintaining and repairing the elevators and pumps。
  
上下不便，电梯服务虽很方便，但遇到停电、修理就很麻烦；
It’s not convenient to go up and down。 Although elevator can serve well, in case of power off, there might be many troubles in repair。
  
安全性差，高层住宅留置多个互相连通的疏散口和楼梯，往往为入户偷盗和其他犯罪提供作案条件；
Poor security。 Many cross-connected emergency exit and stairs in the high-rise apartment may provide a chance for burglars or other criminals。
  
高层住宅还应注意防火，因为一旦发生火灾很难扑救；
Anti-fire is also a concern for high-rise building。 In case of fire, it may be difficult to extinguish。
  
在高层生活的家庭有一种孤独和封闭感，老人和孩子因上下不便，双职工要日日上班，很难建立和发展良好的人际交往和邻里关系；
Those living in high-rise building have a sense of loneliness and isolation。
   Due to the inconvenience for the old and kids to go up and down, plus, working couples have to go to work everyday, it’s thus difficult to establish and develop a good interpersonal interaction and a healthy neighborhood relationship
多幢点式高层住宅建在一起，会产生不规则的高空风，影响居住区的生态环境质量。
  
Many high-rise building crowded together might lead to an irregular upper-air wind, which affects the quality of eco- environment in living area。
  
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