Building Systems for Low Income Housing

Title: Building Systems for Low Income Housing
Author: A.K. Jain
ISBN: 8181940261 / 9788181940260
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 252
Publisher: J.M. Jaina & Brothers
Year: 2008
Availability: Out of Stock

Tab Article

Foreword
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1 : Building for the Homeless
Chapter 2 : Building Process of the Poor
Chapter 3 : Traditional Materials and Techniques
Chapter 4 : Laurie Baker’s Experiments in Low Cost Housing
Chapter 5 : Innovations in Low Cost Building
Chapter 6 : Alternate Binding Materials
Chapter 7 : Production of Flyash Bricks
Chapter 8 : Construction by Blocks
Chapter 9 : Substitutes for Expensive Timber
Chapter 10 : Mass Production of Buildings
Chapter 11 : The Economy of Prefabricated Construction
Chapter 12 : Modular Coordination and Rationalisation
Chapter 13 : Development of Systems Building
Chapter 14 : Industrialised Housing Systems
Chapter 15 : Production of Concrete Panels
Chapter 16 : Design Concepts and Systems for Low Inome Housing
Chapter 17 : Software for Systems Building
Chapter 18 : Organisation of Housing Production
Chapter 19 : Housing for the Poor & Slum Dwellers
Chapter 20 : Housing Design – A Checklist
Chapter 21 : Housing as a Tool of Poverty Reduction
Chapter 22 : Safety of Structures and Construction

Annexures
Selected Bibliography
Index