Stabilised or unstabilised earth construction for contemporary urban housing?

IET Conference Publications

Volumn 2010, Issue 565 CP, 2010, Pages 227-240

  Zami, Mohammad Sharif ^a   Lee, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmental sustainability; housing crisis; stabilised; un stabilised earth construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149304333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2010.0440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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