Housing by People: Towards Autonomy in Building EnvironmentsA unique contribution to housing theory and practice that presents alternative ideas for what has become one of the most pressing of contemporary problems. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 1 |
WHO DECIDES? | 11 |
POLLUTION OF RESOURCES | 35 |
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agencies alternative architects Architectural Architecture without Architects authority autonomy Britain built car painter centrally administered housing centrally administered systems chapter Charlewood Turner Colin Ward common construction contexts costs decisions demand depends dwelling environments E. F. Schumacher factory worker finance Freedom to Build government employee homes household housing action housing economy housing policies housing problems housing process housing project housing systems infrastructure institutions investment issue Ivan Illich John F. C. John Turner labour land large organizations legislative limits living locally self-governing London low-income major Mama Elena's management and maintenance market value mason matching material Mexico mismatches modern housing needs participation Patrick Crooke Patrick Geddes people's Peru planners planning poor potential principles priorities production programmes Pruitt-Igoe public housing relatively rent requisite variety scale sector shack social sponsors subsistence supply technologies tenure use-values users Vicente Guerrero