Apart from food and clothes, housing is the basic necessity of humans, which not only protects him from the surrounding adverse conditions, but also gives a sense of well being and courage to develop further. The issues ...

Urban areas occupy 3% of ice free land area but are cumulatively responsible for emission of 75% of Green House Gases (GHGs), therefore contribute significantly in global warming. Developing regions are expected to house ...

The climatic classification map hitherto referred for prescribing responsive building design strategies is based on obsolete size of data as well as inappropriate criteria of analysis. It also fails to represent the diverse ...

Sustainable Development, which has been accepted as an all important concept in recent years, is likely to remain just that, without a strong ethical base to support it and a suitable technology to operationalise it. The ...

In earliest times, heat and cold discomfort were the normal conditions for most people, when individuals relied upon clothing to maintain thermal equilibrium. Recent trends, however, depend upon the production of artificial ...

The study concerns with planning and design criteria for development of settlements in the Arid Coastal Zones of Iran along the Persian Gulf, with special referen-ee to Bandar Lengeh and Bandar Kong. The study consists ...

India is prone to almost all kinds of natural and man-made disasters especially to earthquakes. In the last 16 years India has witnessed six major earthquakes, three of which occurred in Himalayan ranges. The sudden ...

India ranks fifth in primary energy consumption and accounts for about 3.5% of the world’s commercial energy demand (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2008). About 75% of this total energy-use (direct ...

Architecture developed in this industrial age is highly dependant on mechanical controls resulting in high level of energy consumption. Buildings consume a lot of energy, which is primarily used for heating, cooling, ...

Development is a planned and dynamic process encompassing multiple actions and orientations that affect the environment, community and quality of life. Planning and development covers all the spatial manifestations of ...