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Housing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Entry for the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics on Housing covering housing markets and zoning regulations.
Powell, Benjamin, Stringham, Edward
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Managing housing needs in post conflict housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka: gaps versus recommendations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Addressing housing needs in post conflict housing reconstruction leads to successful housing reconstruction. As part of a study of investigating how the housing needs can be effectively addressed in post conflict housing reconstruction, this paper ...
Anand P. B.   +26 more
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Housing Theory, Housing Research and Housing Policy [PDF]

open access: yesHousing, Theory and Society, 2018
Jim Kemeny in 1992 criticized existing housing research for neglecting social theory and being overly positivist and policy focused. The result has been a strengthening of the conceptual basis of housing research in general, but also a growing schism between researchers who focus on policy relevancy and those that pursue more theoretical work.
openaire   +2 more sources

BIM-Based Construction Information Management Framework for Site Information Management

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2018
Projects in the construction industry are becoming increasingly large and complex, with construction technologies, methods, and the like developing rapidly. Various different types of information are generated by construction projects.
Dong-Gun Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Comprehensive Comparison of Thermal and Physical-Mechanical Properties of the Recycled Rubber and Plastic Roofing Tiles versus Roofing Tiles Made with Different Traditional Materials

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2018
The objectives of this research were to estimate the thermal transmittance and some physical-mechanical properties of a housing cover built with roofing tiles made from recycled plastics and rubber and compare them with three other traditional solutions ...
Rosana Gaggino   +5 more
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Users’ Legibility on a Proposed Affordable Township for B40 and M40 Income Fishing Community at Kuala Kedah, Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
This study highlights traditional towns and settlements of the fishing communities and their proposed township design. It has proposed one site for the design at Kuala Kedah for the resettlement programme of the fishermen community administered by the ...
Rong Ooi Yong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of mineralogical composition and alkali reactivity for utilization of some Egyptian crushed granites as a concrete aggregate

open access: yesJournal of Building Materials and Structures, 2023
Egyptian Eastern Desert is rich in many areas that contain granites masses throughout the geological era; some of them show good characteristics of the rock hardness, durability, density and mineralogy.
Maged El-fakharany   +2 more
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Assessing housing quality and its impact on health, safety and sustainability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background The adverse health and environmental effects of poor housing quality are well established. A central requirement for evidence-based policies and programmes to improve housing standards is a valid, reliable and practical way of measuring ...
Baker, Michael G.   +4 more
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The Mechanical Properties of Foamed Concrete containing Un-processed Blast Furnace Slag

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2014
For many years, supplementary cementation materials have been utilized as cement or filler replacements to heighten the properties of concrete. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the effects of un-processed blast furnace slag (RS) on the ...
Awang H.   +3 more
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The Cost of Housing Instability: The Effect on a Child's Literacy Skills [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The present study assesses the consequences of housing instability on childhood literacy skills. Housing instability encompasses a variety of housing related issues, such as crowding, frequent moves, housing status, and an inability to pay rent.
Shifflet, Cierra
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