DISASTER RECOVERY SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, 2014 Disasters due to Natural causes and man-made around the world make many people homeless every year. Disasters such as Pakistan floods in 2010, Haiti earthquake in 2010, Chile earthquake in 2010, Japan earthquake in 2011, Philippines hurricane Yolanda in 2012, the earthquake in Sichuan, China in 2008, the Cyclone Nargis, Mayanmar in 2008 and the 2004 ...
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ESRC “Tensions and Prospects for Sustainable Housing Growth - a case study of Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes" interim report October/November 2012 [PDF]
Formal Interim Report of first year to this ESRC research project into the planning and delivery of 'sustainable housing growth', particularly in the case study part of the MKSM ...
Cochrane, Allan +2 more
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International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering TechnologyHousing is a basic need for every person. The concept of sustainability is widely known as it focused on three pillars which are social, economic and environment. To accomplish the goal, housing sector could play an important role as it has significant impact to all those three dimensions.
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Mass Housing and Changings in Housing Demand, Case of Diyarbakir, Turkey [PDF]
The aim of this study is to analyze changings in housing demand, especially in term of house size in Diyarbakýr case, in Turkey. Though Housing in Turkey is in a free market system, there is a Mass Housing Administration (TOKÝ) has been doing mass houses
Can Tuncay Akýn +2 more
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PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING TRANSFORMATIONS: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF RETROFITTING STRATEGIES FOR (SOCIAL) HOUSING [PDF]
, 2009 The importance to address Europe’s large stock of aging, deteriorating and highly energy inefficient housing stock in order to reach goals for climate change and sustainable development is today widely accepted.
Femenias, Paula, van Hal, Anke
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Comparative study between Malaysian and Nigerian formal low cost housing policy issues [PDF]
, 2013 The current housing policies of Malaysia and Nigeria do not highlight on the af- fordability of formal low cost houses (FLCH). Low income earners do not have sufficient income to buy food and meet basic necessities like clothing, rent, fuel, utilities,
Ubale, Mohammad Yahaya
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ENERGY – CLIMATE CHANGE PACKAGE IMPACT ON ROMANIAN URBAN AREAS [PDF]
Europe recognized the tight link between energy and climate change and took - through a coherent legislative package - the role of a global leadership to tackle climate change, to face up to the challenge of secure, sustainable and competitive energy ...
Mihaela COMANESCU, Virgil MUSATESCU
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Sanitation as a Business: Unclogging the Blockages [PDF]
, 2014 The first Unclogging the Blockages conference took place in Kampala, Uganda in February 2014 with the aim of putting on the table some of the major challenges facing the scale up of sustainable sanitation as well as collaborating towards innovaive ...
Andy Narracott +3 more
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"Are Housing Prices, Household Debt, and Growth Sustainable?" [PDF]
Rising home prices and low interest rates have fueled the recent surge in mortgage borrowing and enabled consumers to spend at high rates relative to their income.
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou +2 more
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Closing the California Clean Energy Divide: Reducing Electric Bills in Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing with Solar+storage [PDF]
, 2016 This economic analysis indicates that pairing solar PV with battery storage systems can deliver significant electricity bill savings for California affordable housing residents and property owners.Battery storage is emerging as an effective new strategy ...
Ben Airth +5 more
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