Housing
The Impact of Economy and Technology
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1981
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editors: Oktay Ural, Robert Krapfenbauer
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 2 6 6 - 0
Housing: The Impact of Economy and Technology contains the proceedings of the International Congress on Housing: The Impact of Economy and Technology, held in Vienna, Austria on… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHousing: The Impact of Economy and Technology contains the proceedings of the International Congress on Housing: The Impact of Economy and Technology, held in Vienna, Austria on November 15-18, 1981. This book includes many outstanding manuscripts prepared by competent, dedicated individuals. This text covers a wide range of problems associated with housing technology and economy. Some papers detail forming systems for mass housing production; housing option for the elderly; energy aspects of housing design in developing countries; the psychological and physiological ecology of indoor environments; and solar heating and Earth insulation for economical houses. Other papers explore training programs for low-cost housing; influence of color in housing; volatile substances of some materials from housing equipment; the impact of changing society and the economy on the housing industry; comparative housing; energy saving and management in buildings; and industrialization of buildings in developing countries.
Preface
Construction Practices in Bituminous Built-up Roofing
Forming Systems for Mass Housing Production
Test Results and Strength Prediction of "Self-help" Masonry Walls
A Review of Some of the Major Factors Affecting the Provision of Housing in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1980's
The Application of Lightweight Modular Structures to Housing
A Model for the Assessment of Foreign Housing Assistance and Other Housing Issues in Developing Countries
Housing Option for the Elderly: Why Wait for the Year 2000
The Traditional Architecture of the Asir Province, Saudi Arabia
A Simulation Model for Construction Processes
Classification of Floor Structures
Energy Aspects of Housing Design in Developing Countries
A Need for Change in United Kingdom Housing Attitudes
Role of Wood as Construction Material
Energy Conservation Problems in Tropical Countries
The Relationship Between Housing Unit Size and Hospital Utilization
The Development of the Domestic Architecture of Malta in Response to Technological and Economic Forces
A New Vision in Housing
Design Charts to Predict Methane Movement and Lost Areas around Unprotected Sanitary Landfills
United States Experience with Building Energy Performance
Site, Services and Supports
The Psychological and Physiological Ecology of Indoor Environments
Solar Heating and Earth Insulation for Economical Houses
Family Housing, Energy Supply, and Privatism: A Sociological Perspective
Tests on Rectangular Mild Steel Plate with Two Equal Circular Holes
The Justification of Solar Residences: Building Values
Application of an Active Solar System to an Existing Structure
Self-Help Housing for a Rural Region of the U.S.A.
Implementing National Housing Policy: The Venezuelan Experience
Strategy to Meeting Housing Needs in Nigeria's Urban Centers: Methods and Recommendations
A Model for the Design of Institutional Treatment Environments
Tests on Simply Supported Reinforced Brick Slabs
Habitat East-Village / Moghan / Iran and Bubble System for Housing
Housing Systems in Rapidly Growing Cities with Case Study: Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia
Training Programs for Low-cost Housing
Influence of Color in Housing
Forecasting Housing Construction and Demolition Wastes in Developing Countries Muhammad
A Study of the Load Distribution in a Bolted Joint
Financial Inducements for Urban Re-development: A Chicago Example
Causes and Avoidance of Condensation and Formation of Mildew in Flats
Volatile Substances of Some Materials from Housing Equipment -- An Important Environmental Aspect
An Evaluation of Inner Urban Housing in Leicester, England
International Institute for Energy and Architecture: Toward a Sustainable Future
Housing -- In Search of Creativity and Self-actualization
Building Technology Information
Autonomous Houses for Northern Climates: A Proposal for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Environment and Development
Squatter Resettlement in Saudi Arabia
Partial Verification of a Planning Methodology to Promote Energy Conservation
Housing Policy for Developing Countries
The Impact of Changing Society and the Economy on the Housing Industry
Comparisons of Construction Costs 1960-1976
Programming for Financial Planning and Cost Control
Comparative Housing
Housing Problems and Programs in India
Partial Prefabrication Floor Systems for Housing
Energy Conscious Design Guidelines for Public Housing
Low-cost Housing: Problems in Technological Innovation and Rehabilitation Techniques
The International Guiding Principles for Planning and Building in Conformity with the Climate
Financial Management of Housing Contracts
Appropriate Technology for the Production of Reactive Rice Husk Ash
Adapting Housing throughout the Life Cycle
On-Site Building Materials: A Solution to the Conflict between Food, Shelter
State-of-the-Art of Prefabricated Ferrocement Houses
Analysis of Building Costs in Kuwait
Legislative Controls and Housing Policy as Determinants of Dwelling Form and Residential Pattern in Saudi Arabia
Planning Lessons from the Laingsburg Flood Disaster for Less-developed Regions
Reinforced Ice Domes: Igloos of the 21st Century
Energy Saving and Management in Buildings
Thermal Performance of Alternative Walls and Windows
Computer-aided Evaluation of the Housing Environments
Color and Housing
A Study of Characteristics of Sand in Saudi Arabia Network Planning of Projects Comprising Repetitive Activities
Native Housing in Northern Quebec, Canada
Housing the Poor in Developing Countries -- Impact of Economy and Technology
Industrialization and Environment
Building Systems with Precast Space and Plane Units
CPM Use in Kuwaiti Construction Companies
Dry Prefabrication, Post Stressed
The Practice of Lowering the Cost of Construction
Industrialization of Buildings in Developing Countries
Author Index
About the Editors
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1981
- No. of pages (eBook): 1106
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781483152660
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Oktay Ural
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