Innovative housing practices : better housing through innovative technologies and financing : proceedings of the IAHS World Congress on Housing, University of Porto, Portugal, 23-27 October 1989 / edited by Vitor Abrantes and Oktay Ural
The 53 papers contained in this volume reflect the aims of the International Association for Housing Science which are to improve every phase of housing technology and production particularly through new urban planning, new designs, new materials, new technological and management developments and innovative financing. Emphasis is placed on the application of all these aspects to developing countries although there is much to interest professionals in the developed world