Thatching

Nicolas Hall

A guide to good-quality thatching, describing in words and pictures how to achieve the maximum possible roof-life using either cultivated or naturally-occurring materials. Reviews the advantages and limitations of thatch as a roofing technique.

Building Maintenance

Derek Miles, Paul Syagga

This book describes the management and administration of building maintenance and the methods or basic technologies. It is aimed at managers of small building units, it describes some common causes of the deterioration of building fabric and suggests some solutions.

Standards and Specifications for Local Building Materials

Report on the deliberations from a regional workshop on standards and specifications for local building materials, dealing with regional co-operation, methodologies for establishing standards and procedures and quality control.

Puncture Prevention Techniques

Michael Ayre, Alan Smith

Describes techniques to reduce the incidence of punctures on low-cost, slow-speed vehicles used in rough terrain. The techniques are suitable for handcarts, wheelbarrows, bicycles, cycle trailers, animal drawn carts and motorized vehicles.

The Design and Manufacture of Animal Drawn Carts

Ian Barwell, Gordon Hathway

A manual on the design and manufacture of animal drawn carts based on existing experience with suggestions for improvements.

The Design of Bicycle Trailers

Michael Ayre

An illustrated guide to the use and design of cycle trailers in urban and rural areas. Contains new material and updates the information in the earlier edition.

Understanding Natural Fibre Concrete

Barrie Evans

A technical rationale of how and why natural fibres reinforce cement/concrete, with chapters on the strength properties, durability, manufacture and installation of natural fibre concrete products, fibre-cement, cement, and concrete.

Women and the Transport of Water

Val Curtis

The haulage of water is one of the most arduous and time-consuming tasks of rural women, and this paper looks at the scale of the problem in general and in particular in Kenya, suggesting ways in which improved methods of transport could help.

Low-cost Vehicles

Gordon Hathway

A pictorial survey of a wide range of low-cost vehicles in developing countries. It lists, for the planner and those influencing choice, the range of low-cost options available with their advantages, disadvantages and uses.

Rural Transport in Developing Countries

Ian Barwell, Geoff Edmonds

An important and wide-ranging survey of transport policies in developing countries, illustrated by nine case-studies.