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The need to integrate risk reduction with development aid is generally acknowledged, but little work has been undertaken to identify how to do so. Related operational tools are also frequently...
A general description of the implications of using soil as a building material for housing with respect to environment, climate, durability, social acceptance etc. A comprehensive description of...
Este número de Building Issues pretende destacar las formas de regularización de los asentamientos espontáneas. En primer lugar hay que decidir si los asentamientos deberían ser reformados, o bien...
This Building Issue aims at highlighting ways to regularize spontaneous settlements. First one must decide if the settlements should be upgraded, or if basic conditions are so unfavourable (...
This Building Issue highlights the concept of organized self-help housing in general and provides practical guidelines for implementing organized small-scale self-help housing projects. The role...
In General considerations, gender and related concepts are defined, followed by a description of the social structures that generate gender in equality and how they are constructed. Those...