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Langston, Y L and Langston, C A (2008) Reliability of building embodied energy modelling: an analysis of 30 Melbourne case studies. Construction Management and Economics, 26(02), 147–60.
Lin, Y-H, Lee, P-C and Chang, T-P (2008) Integrating grey number and Minkowski distance function into grey relational analysis technique to improve the decision quality under uncertain information. Construction Management and Economics, 26(02), 115–23.
Lizarralde, G and Root, D (2008) The informal construction sector and the inefficiency of low cost housing markets. Construction Management and Economics, 26(02), 103–13.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: housing development; residential; informal housing; markets; South Africa
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0144-6193&volume=26&issue=2&spage=103
- Abstract:
Urban low cost housing markets in developing countries are often inefficient and subsidized programmes can add further market distortions. In the case of South Africa, one of the important causes of the inefficiency of the housing market (and one that is often ignored) is the fact that housing policies and construction practices systematically exclude the informal construction sector: the very sector that has been the only source of delivery of affordable housing for the bottom poor. After the end of the apartheid era and the transition to democracy in 1994, an ambitious programme of subsidized housing was implemented in the country. Since then, more than 1.6 million housing units have been built but the housing policies have not created a functional residential market for low income South Africans. In spite of the good intentions of the stakeholders in the marketplace, some projects developed by NGOs do not help to overcome these shortcomings and frequently accentuate some of the inefficiencies of the market. Four case studies of housing projects in Cape Town show the common constraints derived from institutional structures and prevailing attitudes among the NGOs and other stakeholders that prevent the informal sector from being involved. Giving greater participation to the informal sector in subsidized housing projects might prove difficult as it requires modification of structural policies and reformulation of the principles and values of urban intervention. However, these changes are required to reduce the housing deficit in South Africa.
Loosemore, M and Galea, N (2008) Genderlect and conflict in the Australian construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 26(02), 125–35.
Parn, E A and Edwards, D (2019) Cyber threats confronting the digital built environment. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(02), 245–66.
Petrovic-Lazarevic, S (2008) The development of corporate social responsibility in the Australian construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 26(02), 93–101.
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Ungureanu, L C, Hartmann, T and Serbanoiu, I (2019) Quantitative lean assessment of line of balance schedules’ quality. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(02), 224–44.
Utama, W P, Chan, A P, Zahoor, H, Gao, R and Jumas, D Y (2019) Making decision toward overseas construction projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(02), 285–302.
Waara, F (2008) Mitigating contractual hazards in public procurement: a study of Swedish local authorities. Construction Management and Economics, 26(02), 137–45.