Economic benefits of contemporary earth construction in low-cost urban housing - State-of-the-art review

Journal of Building Appraisal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-271

  Zami, Mohammad Sharif ^a   Lee, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth construction; Financial benefit; Housing; Low cost; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149109417     PISSN: 17428262     EISSN: 17449545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jba.2009.32     Document Type: Article

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