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Life cycle environmental impact assessment of contemporary and traditional housing in Palestine

open access: yesEnergy and Buildings, 2019
Residential buildings consume a vast amount of energy throughout their whole-life cycles with the subsequent greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted in the atmosphere.
Poorang Piroozfar   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stress in groups: Lessons from non-traditional rodent species and housing models

open access: yesNeuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020
A major feature of life in groups is that individuals experience social stressors of varying intensity and type. Social stress can have profound effects on health, social behavior, and ongoing relationships.
Annaliese K. Beery   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

TRADITIONAL CIRCULAR PLAN HOUSING FOR RAPIDLY URBANIZING RWANDA

open access: yesFacta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2022
Rwanda’s plots and housing plans featured a circular shape until the time of colonization by Germany and Belgium, when—beginning with the house of Dr Richard Kandth in 1909—a new configuration of buildings and plots having a square or rectangular base ...
Ilija Gubić   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Timbered masonry for earthquake resistance in Europe

open access: yesMateriales de Construccion, 2012
Europe is a continent that is subject to significant seismic activity. Thus, the buildings’ seismic behaviour must be analysed, including not only the new structures, designed under more rigorous codes, but also older ones.
A. Dutu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of modular and traditional UK housing construction: a bibliometric analysis

open access: yes, 2020
Purpose Housing completions in the UK have fallen to 125,000 annually, while government targets have risen to 300,000. This dramatic shortfall raises concerns as to whether current traditional construction approaches remain appropriate.
F. Nazir   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Old City of Al Zubair. The Emergence and Physical Reality (1571-1882 Iraq)

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2015
The natural advantages of the site of the city of Al Zubair contributed to its becoming a stable settlement for the tribes migrating from Najd and Hejaz during the last four centuries.
Sami Abdulaziz Alqatrani Firas
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation Problems of Traditional Housing with Continued Original Function and Recommended Solutions: Safranbolu 'Eski Çarşı District'

open access: yesMegaron, 2015
This paper aims to evaluate the problems of traditional housing which have continued original function and to develop solution recommendations. Within Safranbolu Eski Çarşı District, 826 registered structures have been classified according to their type ...
Sibel Ecemiş Kılıç   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative analysis in privacy aspects between traditional and contemporary Iranian houses using BDSR analytical model [PDF]

open access: yesمسکن و محیط روستا, 2013
The subject of house is complex and spans a wide range of dimensions. It must be found as a comfort and rest- giving place for its residents. In recent years, the Iranian architecture and lifestyle has been confronted with modern international urbanism ...
Hanieh Okhovat
doaj  

Kullanıcı Gereksinmeleri Özelinde Geleneksel Konutların Mekânsal Okumaları

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mardin Studies (IJMS), 2021
Tarihsel süreç içerisinde oluşan yaşam alanları, insan ve çevre faktörleriyle çeşitliliğe ulaşarak mimari karakteri oluşturmaktadır. Tarihi, kültürel ve yapısal mirasın en önemli örneklerinden biri olan geleneksel konutlar da bu faktörlerden etkilenerek ...
Selver Koç Altuntaş, İrem Bekar
doaj  

Sustainability by improving energy efficiency in traditional housing in Kosovo

open access: yes, 2018
The objective to this paper is to identify and evaluate aspects of sustainability by improving energy efficiency of traditional housing in Kosovo. The fact that refurbishment of them is to be more rational, as for sustainable and consistent use of the ...
A. Temeljotov-Salaj   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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