The response of common building construction technologies to the urban poor and their environment

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2327-2335

  Wekesa, B W ^a   Steyn, G S ^a   Otieno, F A O ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Building technology; Informal settlements; Multi criteria analysis; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; LIVING CONDITIONS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; URBAN POOR;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOUSING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSING PROVISION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; URBAN HOUSING;

EID: 77953540062     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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