Essays about: "low-cost housing project"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words low-cost housing project.

  1. 1. Co-living, Jordbro

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Promise Mmesoma Udeji; [2022]
    Keywords : Housing; Jordbro; Co-living; Young people; Families; Social; Community;

    Abstract : Thesis Question: Housing, a human right according to FN is getting more expensive and not necessarily more affordable. Young people and new families have a hard time getting a place to call home. READ MORE

  3. 2. Collapsible Home : Celebrate life again

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/JTH, Produktutveckling

    Author : Meisam Kalantari; [2016]
    Keywords : housing; home; modular; prefabricated; urgent; temporary; foldable; collapse; catastrophic; hut; earthquake; collapsible; disaster; life; reborn; sustainable; green; catastrophy; service; service design; semantics; refugee; homeless; design; product design; industrial design; rescue; emergency; accommodate; accommodation; catastrophe; solar energy; hybrid; aftermath; humanitarian; social; war; civil war; civil; civilization; accommodating; housing alternative; housing; خانه پیش ساخته، زلزله‌ ، خانه تاشو، پیش ساخته ، مدولار، مدیریت بحران، امداد، کمک رسانی;

    Abstract : There has been significant increase in the occurrence of earthquakes and other disasters around the world recently. With record-breaking storms and natural disasters destroying different parts of the world, many people have to deal with the repercussions of the aftermaths; and homelessness is one of the facts of such incidence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Housing innovations in rural Ethiopia : A case study of how to make innovations accepted and sustainable

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Signe Nilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : housing; rural; construction; innovation; diffusion; implementation; success factors; Ethiopia; low-cost housing;

    Abstract : A good product does not guarantee its successful adoption. This can be seen in a project in rural Ethiopia, in which a new type of house provides great advantages over current housing alternatives. READ MORE

  5. 4. Locating Optimal Affordable Housing Sites : A Determination of Potential Site Locations for New Affordable Housing Units using Multi-criteria Analysis: A Case Study of Kelowna, British Columbia

    University essay from Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Holli Poholka; [2011]
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    Abstract : Housing affordability is problematic in the Canadian context for two main reasons: income inequality and the lack of available low cost affordable rental units. This is specifically true in the case of Kelowna, a medium sized city located in the southern interior of British Columbia (western Canada). READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustainable Low-Cost Housing in Ethiopia : A Study of CSSB-Technology

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Arash Afkari; [2010]
    Keywords : low-cost housing; low cost housing; ethiopia; cement stabilised soil block; CSSB; sustainable; sustainable housing; construction engineering; affordable houses; lågkostnadshus;

    Abstract : This degree project is about sustainable low-cost housing in Ethiopia with a focus on CSSB-technology, which is one method of constructing houses. The project allowed me to visit Ethiopia during seven weeks in 2010, to observe, gather information and to perform tests regarding the specific subject. READ MORE