Open House International: Volume 35 Issue 1

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Editorial

Nicholas Wilkinson

The last editorial dealt with the time based concept for buildings where adaptability responded to the need for change and variations. The concept actually is centuries old but…

Reducing Risk in A Changing Climate: Changing Paradigms toward Urban Pro-Poor Adaptation

Christine Wamsler

This paper analyses how disaster risk management paradigms have gradually developed since the 1960s, shaped by practical experience of-and the debate about-the rising number of…

A Theoretical Approach for Assessing Sustainability in Housing Environments

Beser Oktay Vehbi, Ercan Hoskara, Sebnem Önal Hoskara

This study1 seeks to identify and propose a model for measuring and assessing the level of sustainability in housing environments based on a range of indicators. With this…

Housing Adaptation for Adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Magda Mostafa

Autistic Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disorder estimated to inflict 1 in every 150 children, regardless of socio-cultural aspects, with a four to one prevalence in males…

Architects' Design Options in Self Built Houses: Lessons from Bangladesh

Tareef Hayat Khan, Jia Beisi, Tapan Kumar Dhar

The paper tries to compare the qualitative difference between professional and pragmatic design solutions in self-built houses. Self-built houses are defined here as permanently…

Users' Evaluations of House FaÇades: Preference, Complexity and Impressivenes

Aysu Akalin, Kemal Yildirim, Christopher Wilson, Aysun Saylan

This research solicits the opinions of the residents of the Keçiören district of Ankara, Turkey, in order to learn their preferences about their local postmodern environment where…

The Quarter: A Complex of Neighbourhood units in Turkey

Ayhan Usta, Gülay K. Usta

In history, spatial organizations for houses have been changed and improved depending on the natural conditions, well-being of people, utilization of resourses, population…

Assessing Laguna District's Spatial Qualities in Gazimagusa, Northern Cyprus

Mukaddes Fasli, Farnaz Pakdel

This study assesses the Laguna District's spatial qualities in Gazimagusa. Gazimagusa is a coastal settlement that possesses long golden beaches. However, almost all sea fronts…

Book Review

Yonca Hürol

HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

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ISSN:

0168-2601

e-ISSN:

2633-9838

Online date, start – end:

2005

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr. Chaham Alalouch
  • Prof. Yonca Hurol