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ANALYSIS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IN LAGOS MEGACITY, NIGERIA

open access: yesJournal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2012
Studies which confirmed the huge urban housing and infrastructure deficits in Lagos, Nigeria have often considered urban housing in isolation from its infrastructure.
Adetokunbo O. Ilesanmi
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Habitat International Coalition: Networked practices, knowledges and pedagogies for translocal housing activism

open access: yesRadical Housing Journal, 2020
How do global coalitions of civil society, non-governmental and community-based organisations, social movements and academics, make visible, defend and produce habitat rights?
Adriana Allen   +2 more
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Straw Construction as an Environmental Friendly Housing Option in Rural Egypt [PDF]

open access: yesSVU-International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Applications
The growing rural population's need for housing is a critical issue, and strategies for rural housing must be put in place to address those needs. Straw bale construction is one of the best alternatives for rural housing in Egypt.
Kariman Shawky
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Women’s Role in the Social Construction of Popular Houses

open access: yesRevista Estudos Feministas, 2010
O presente estudo buscou analisar o papel dos grupos sociais e das interações entre eles no processo de construção do artefato tecnológico ‘casa popular’, com destaque para o papel desempenhado pelas mulheres. O acompanhamento de um projeto habitacional em desenvolvimento e as informações coletadas de várias fontes revelaram que não apenas o artefato ...
Fertrin, Rebeca Buzzo   +1 more
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The refurbishment of high rise local authority housing blocks – involving the tenants: Lessons from the U.K. [PDF]

open access: yesUrbani Izziv, 1995
Since the late 1960’s it has been a popular perception in Britain that “High-rise” social housing blocks (over six storeys) are undesirable and therefore a major problem for Local Authority landlords.
Richard Turkington, Suzanne Wheelaghan
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Valéria Cirell house and national-popular

open access: yes, 2014
After more than twenty years after the death of the Italian architect, a naturalized Brazilian, Achillina di Enrico Bo Bardi (Lina Bo), his work is still present and increasing interest of artists, architects and researchers, national and international.
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Destinación Casa. 2024 Buenos Aires, Argentina

open access: yesARQ
In response to the paradox of downtown Buenos Aires-where overcrowded tenement housing coexists with vacant office buildings-this thesis project proposes transforming an unused government building into cooperative housing for migrants.
Vanesa Santillan Messina
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Evaluation of acoustical parameters of a Brazilian popular housing model

open access: yesThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2003
This article presents the results obtained from the evaluation of the acoustical insulation parameters determined in situ in a popular residence projected to offer an option to combat the housing deficit of the low income Brazilian population. This evaluation has been carried out according to the statements of the standards ISO 140-4 and 140-5, which ...
Technical Notes - J. A. Ferreira   +3 more
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Popular housing:: a public policy problem

open access: yes, 2011
Analisamos a aplicação das políticas públicas na moradia de “interesse social”, os conjuntos habitacionais populares e chegamos as seguintes conclusões: a inépcia das autoridades na questão habitacional, a corrupção generalizada, o êxodo rural, a ganância das construtoras, a usura dos Bancos e Agências Financeiras, o exagerado custo dos materiais de ...
Marques, Vânia Maria Veras   +1 more
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