Self-help housing in Urban Colombia; alternatives for the production and distribution of building materials

Summary, in English

Building materials account for a high percentage of the non-land cost of self-help housing. Few studies, however, have examined the use of building materials by self-help builders and the practicalities of producing and distributing the materials in an alternative manner. This paper discusses the nature of construction by self-help in the intermediate-sized Colombian city of Pereira, focusing in particular on the building materials used, and examines various attempts to reduce the cost of building-materials for self-help builders. It is concluded that projects which aim to introduce alternative building materials or retail outlets for self-help builders, need to consider the nature of construction by self-help and the operation of the building-materials market, if they are to have any chance of success.

• Författare: Katherine V. Gough
• Publiceringsår: 1996-12
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 635-651
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Habitat International
• Volym: 20
• Avvikelse: 4 SPEC. ISS.
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0197-3975(96)00043-4
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Elsevier
• Ämne: Human Geography
• Aktiv: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0197-3975