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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Self-help housing"”.
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Extending the limits of self-help housing strategies in Lima
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Centro Migrante : self-help housing community for transient seafarers in Manila
The design of sustainable housing in developing countries involves social, economical and technical issues and requires a more global and integrated planning action. In these countries, housing systems need to be designed and planned according to the local and geographical conditions, in order to …
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Evaluation of possibilities of urban aided self-help housing for Indonesia
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1958.
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The Informal as a Project: Self-Help Housing in Peru, 1954-1986
This dissertation examines the history of aided self-help housing through the case study of Peru, which was the site of significant experiments in this field, and pioneering in its efforts to enact a large-scale policy of land tenure regularization in unplanned settlements. As the sheer scale of …
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Philosophy and experiences of supportive intervention in the self help housing process.
Thesis. 1978. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Upgrading spontaneous settlements : an alternative view of gecekondu "self-help" housing in Istanbul
This thesis analyzes the self-help upgrading process of three gecekondu (spontaneous) settlements in Istanbul, Turkey. It describes the complex web of relationships between local and national government, community leaders, residents, legal landowners, developers and the general public; further, it …
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A framework for key factors affecting compliance with self-help housing standards in Bauchi
Self-help housing as a means of housing supply to meet the ever increasing housing demand, due to the drastic failure of the public housing in the developing countries, has been on top of global debates. Recent researches pointed out the rapid increase of self-help houses in Bauchi with more than …
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Housing Finance: The Case of Kawe Women Development Trust -Nyumba Ni Mama Self-Help Housing Group
This project arises from need for housing finance among low-income earners. 'Nyumba ni Mama' self-help housing group that is part of Kawe Community Development Trust initiatives in Kawe Ward, Kinondoni district, Dar es Salaam is chosen to explore how can such groups access viable housing finance. A …
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What Comes After the Boom? Baby Boomers in Santa Maria, California a Market Study for People's Self Help Housing
… and background informing an affordable senior housing market study, and a market study prepared for People’s Self Help Housing (PSHH). The introduction begins by providing current and future trends for seniors at the national and state levels. This includes discussion of the “Baby Boomer” age …
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"Young Town" growing up : four decades later : self-help housing and upgrading lessons from a squatter neighborhood in Lima
This thesis examines self-help housing policies in Peru by revisiting Independencia, one of Lima's young towns (squatter settlements), forty-five years after its founding. The study was designed to better understand how Independencia's low and moderate income families have been able to access and …
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Rural Self-Help Housing: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of Homeowners' Satisfaction With Residential Space Plan Design and Housing Quality
… purpose of this research was to investigate the housing satisfaction of rural, self-help homeowners with respect to the interior of their houses. This research surveyed households' satisfaction with respect to housing quality and residential space plan design. Aspects of housing quality included: …
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Organized self-help housing as an enabling shelter & development strategy. Lessons from current practice, institutional approaches and projects in developing countries
… is to develop better understanding on organized self-help housing as an enabling shelter and development strategy to overcome poverty and build more resilient communities. The study addresses organized self-help housing from three different perspectives: a) current practice in developing …
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An investigation into the principles and management of assisted self help housing with specific reference to the Steenberg area a scheme, Retreat
… that South Africa is faced with a massive housing shortage, which is becoming more serious every year. The shortage in housing stock is almost exclusively in the· non-white population sector, and naturally enough is experienced by persons of lower income groups. The current backlog is …
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Education for Sustainable Development in a Semiarid Rural Area: a Case Study of a Self-Help Tourist Housing Project in Paraguaná, Venezuela
… within their ancestral technologies. This self help housing project aims to increase the durability of housing and improve living conditions. Presented here is an experience in Paraguaná, Venezuela, where the selection of an adequate group to participate in the Self-Help Tourist Housing …
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Esperanza - Village Building in Honduras
… to make the world a better place. I want to help people to help themselves by concentrating their efforts in a constructive way. I desire to create a prototypical solution for a village in an area with high unemployment and desperate poverty as a means to give work to people and to serve as …
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Caught in between policies: the intertwined challenges of access to land and housing in Gaborone, Botswana
… tailored towards enabling access to land and housing in Gaborone suggests incongruences' inherent in these strategies. Besides, planners and policymakers' continuous oversight to recognise the complexities of the urban everyday survival strategies and the lived experiences of the populace …
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Effects of a TK-3 Housing Project on self-image
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Slum Upgrading and the Rental Housing Sector: A study of landlord-tenant relationships in a Lagos (Nigeria) slum
The prominence of the inadequate housing conditions found in slums has compelled most governments in developing world and international organisations, notably the World Bank, to invest in several housing strategies, namely the provision of housing and self-help housing, in order to improve the …
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