Diffusion of bio-climatic building design techniques in Kenya: Impediments and opportunities

Habitat International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 347-359

  Njuguna, Dafton G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio climatic; Design approaches; Diffusion; Innovations

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN; BUILDING DESIGN; DESIGN APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY SPREAD;

KENYA, NAIROBI;

EID: 0031433871     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(97)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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