Chapters authored
Perspective Chapter: Achieving Sustainable Housing for Low and Middle-Income Earners
The problems confronting cities and urban areas in many developing nations include urban sprawl, housing, massive disregard of urban planning and development regulations, poor urban environments and traffic congestion. Of all these challenges, housing issues poses one of the most serious challenges especially on low and middle-income earners. Issues of human well-being, having access and affordability of housing units to low and middle income earners are of grave interest not only to the people of the developing countries but also to the world at large given the significant impact that housing has on socio-economic development of man. Access to decent housing in cities and urban areas in developing countries continues to be a problem, especially for low and middle-income households. This paper highlighted the benefits of applying prefabricated systems, mass customization to the low-middle family homes; the challenges faced in integrating affordable, sustainable housing and strategies for solving sustainable affordable housing challenges among low and middle-income earners through literature review.
Part of the book: Prefabricated Construction for Sustainability and Mass Customization
Waste Management for Sustainability in the Built Environment
Wastes are unwanted, undesirable, or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use or may be worthless, defective, and regarded as having little or no use. A by-product and, by contrast, a joint product of relatively minor economic value. Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste, namely preservation, recycling, and reuse from its collection point to its final disposal. Waste generated from construction sites is not supposed to constitute problems for the built environment. Sustainable construction waste management is becoming a reality because of increased awareness and education to reduce/recycle/reuse wastes, provision of collection and recycling points, and improved techniques for reusing construction materials. This chapter will focus on reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovery efforts or the 4R waste management approach for a sustainable built environment. This chapter also describes waste management practices, their benefits, and the effect of prefabricated constructions and mass customization design approaches on waste reduction or control.
Part of the book: Prefabricated Construction for Sustainability and Mass Customization