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The country of Bangladesh faces a huge problem in the housing situation. There is a substantial lack of housing, particularly qualitative housing that is adequate according to both material and...
Sustainable livelihoods are achieved through access to a range of livelihood resources (natural, economic, human and social capitals) which are combined in the pursuit of different livelihood...
Over the years, AID has developed a number of approaches designed to both provide emergency shelter and speed housing reconstruction. Many of these can be funded using emergency grants from AID's...
Este número de Building Issues dastaca el concepto de autoconstrucción organizada de viviendas en general y proporciona directrices prácticas para llevar a cabo proyectos de autoconstrucción...
Este número de Building Issues pretende destacar las formas de regularización de los asentamientos espontáneas. En primer lugar hay que decidir si los asentamientos deberían ser reformados, o bien...
This Building Issue aims at highlighting ways to regularize spontaneous settlements. First one must decide if the settlements should be upgraded, or if basic conditions are so unfavourable (...
This Building Issue highlights the concept of organized self-help housing in general and provides practical guidelines for implementing organized small-scale self-help housing projects. The role...
In General considerations, gender and related concepts are defined, followed by a description of the social structures that generate gender in equality and how they are constructed. Those...
This case study illustrates the traditional techniques adopted for the production of lime hydrate in Sri Lanka and compares the methods used with dolomite and coral as the raw materials. The...
This Briefing Paper summarises the results of a year-long study on needs assessment and decision-making in the humanitarian sector. The study is informed by an overarching concern with the...