Link among Governance, Investment, and Design in Creating Sustainable and Livable Residential Architecture in Germany, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This paper conducted an analysis of 6 case studies to show the different housing developments to explore sustainable and livable architecture. However, the presenting quality is poor. Further revision is needed. Here are some comments.

[1] The research area in the title looks odd. Replace “and” with “,” after “Croatia”.

[2] The same comment for line 18.

[3] In line 19-21 “The case studies from Ger-19 many are located in Munich, the ones in Croatia in Rijeka, and the two from Bosnia are located in Sarajevo.”, it seems confusing due to the mix of various locations and countries mentioned.

[4] In line 26 “arround” should be “around”.

[5] In line 23-27, the conclusion didn’t mention “Herzegovina” while “Herzegovina” is in the title of this paper.

[6] What have been done with current studies? And what is this paper going to do? This should be clear in the last paragraph in Introduction.

[7] As a reader, I am confused with the presenting of this paper. There are four countries in the title. And section 3 discussed 6 case studies. What is the relationship of the 6 case studies and four countries?

[8] In line 305, “Figure 2-5” could be “Figure 2”. The same comments for other similar figures.

[9] Further revision is needed to improve the presenting quality.

Author Response

We are sincerely grateful for the constructive suggestions to improve our research according to your suggestions. The input you have given us was extremely valuable and it helped us correct the parts of our research where we needed to further elaborate our aims.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The authors say the article is about livability.  But the term ergonomic space is more appropriate here. This was first described in 1936 by Ernst Neufert in his book Bauentwurfslehre. This book is almost 90 years old, but still relevant. Reading the paper, one gets the impression that the examples from Germany to the classic application of Neufert's theses and his famous "octametric system" with a module of 62.5 cm. The examples from Bosnia and Herzegovina are different. The Tiber settlement is an example of a pathological development in order to accommodate as many apartments as possible in a given area, symbolically observing the norms of mutual distances of buildings with windows. The analysis in Table 2 is interesting but incomplete. What is missing here is a presentation of the results of surveys that examine the satisfaction of the residents of these neighborhoods with their living conditions, on a scale as here: Satisfied - 1 point. Partially satisfied - 0.5 points, Not satisfied - 0 points. In addition, I would recommend that the authors refer to Neufert's recommendations for housing developments. This will greatly enrich the article and can be the basis for decisions in the field of construction law.

Author Response

We believe that your comments have enabled us to further enrich our research with valuable data that would otherwise be absent in our presentation. We are grateful for your contribution and hope that our corrections suffice to ameliorate the shortcomings of our paper.

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The revised version looks better. Two more comments are shown as below.

[1] Refer to figures in the text using their numbers for better clarity. This helps readers locate the figures easily.

[2] Further revision is needed to enhance the concise of language and improve the overall quality of presentation.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer 1,

We are sincerely grateful for all the comments and instructions you gave us. We feel that our work´s readability is greatly enhanced now that we have applied your instructions to our manuscript.

Kind regards,

Team of Authors.   

Reviewer 2 Report

It is much better,
I'm glad the authors made the corrections,

now it is ready for publication

Congratulations

Author Response

Dear Reviewer 2,

We would like to thank you for your suggestions, we believe that our work is greatly enriched with important facts that we would have otherwise failed to incorporate in the article.

Kind regards,

Team of Authors