Culture, Cash and Housing

Abstract

List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Introduction xi PARTI Theory 1 Why we Build 3 2 Choice of Building Design 12 Traditional Building: Vernacular Architecture 12 Change 33 The Role of Government in Shelter Provision 54 PART II Practice 3 Guidelines for Development Workers and Agencies 70 4 Experience in the Field 77 Low-Income Building in Kenya 77 Low-Income Building in the Himalayas (a) Bhutan 93 (b) Nepal 95 Low-Income Building in West Africa (a) The Gambia 99 (b) Ghana 101 Low-Income Building in Southern Africa (a) Zambia 103 (b) Zimbabwe 106 Low-Income Building in Caribbean and Belize (a) St. Vincent 108 (b) Belize 109 Low-Income Building in the Pacific (a) Fiji 111 (b) Vanuatu 113 5 A Checklist for Community-Based Builders 116 Appendix: Designing, Building and Testing Prototypes 121 Postscript: Lessons for us All? 124 Bibliography 126

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