Lime and Other Alternative Cements

Neville Hill, Stafford Holmes, David Mather

A cement material, or binder, is an essential ingredient in most forms of building construction. Portland cement has become a widely accepted cementitious material, but it is more expensive than other binders and unsuited to small-scale production. In addition, although it is stronger than most alte...

Sailing Against the Wind

Eirik Jansen

Trgve Bolstad

Some of the greatest rivers of the world flow through Bangladesh, and these rivers form what is perhaps the world's most complete system of inland water navigation. Boat operations on inland water play a more prominent role in Bangladesh than anywhere else in the world. The way of life for the 120 m...

Shelter, Settlements, Policy and the Poor

Reinhard Skinner

Human settlement planning involves a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating not only technical questions of housing but also problems of services, health, management and economics.

Mini-cement

Sanjay Sinha

The book presents a study of the social and economic viability of mini-cement plants in the Indian economic context.

Country Boats of Bangladesh

Eirik Jansen, Anthony Dolman, Alf Morten Jerve, R Rahman

Discusses decision-making in inland water transport, focusing on official policies towards country boats. Describes the river system of Bangladesh and the constraints imposed by natural conditions and the operational environment.

Gypsum Plaster

Andrew Coburn, Eric Dudley, Robin Spence

An outline of the manufacturing techniques available for this well-proven but underutilized binding material, with a guide to uses, properties and limitations.

Roads and Resources

Geoff Edmonds

This book is concerned with appropriate construction technology in the building and maintenance of roads. It is one of a series resulting from the World Employment Programme of the ILO. By drawing upon the detailed studies that have been carried out by the ILO and experience from recently execute...

Rural Transport Services

Henri Beenhakker

For policymakers and planners, it draws on a wide range of sources, developing methodologies for cost evaluation of spot improvements, stage construction of water crossings, and analysis of the organizational framework for decentralized road maintenance.

Design and Manufacture of Low-Cost Motorized Vehicles

For planners and manufacturers, this book contains detailed technical information on the design and manufacture of vehicles which can be produced locally and can compete with capital-intensive technologies originating from industrialized countries.

Making Microplans

Nabeel Hamdi, Reinhard Goethert

Microplanning is a community-based process which enables local people to prepare and implement programmes for settlement upgrading. Local participants contribute to both the content and structure of programmes. Case studies from Chile and Sri Lanka.