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Built Environment Epistemologies: Crafting Sustainable Knowledge in the GenAI Era
The SURE-Built 2026 Global Conference on Sustainable Built Environment Research examines the relationship between traditional knowledge systems, emerging technologies and sustainable development in the…
Water supply reliability in high-rise residential buildings is shaped more by architectural design decisions than by the type of conservation technology installed. In Lagos, where municipal water supply is effectively absent, every high-rise building…
It is glaring that we have a climate crisis on our hands, and that 49% of global carbon emissions are attributable to the construction industry, yet more than 60% of construction professionals in Africa…
Africa 0710431w@students.wits.ac.za Persistent failures in subsidised housing delivery across South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities have exposed a governance deficit that prevailing project-management remedies have not resolved. This paper develops an integrated conceptual framework for the…
Urban regions with inadequate infrastructure and poor living conditions, known as slums, are rapidly expanding in low-income cities like Dhaka, Bangladesh, due to urbanization, economic constraints, and high housing costs. Although previous studies have…
Many cities around the world are experiencing rapidly increasing population, where thousands of people are moving to urban areas yearly. Giving rise to identified challenges related to stretches in infrastructures, housing and resource management.…
Peri-urban neighbourhoods in rapidly urbanising African cities are shaped not only by demographic pressure but by the characteristics of housing development that structure how space is produced, organised, and experienced. This paper examines how…
Johannesburg, South Africa georgef@uj.ac.za Geotechnical investigations for housing developments are critical. Often, these are either not carried out or conducted inadequately, negatively affecting the project across the planning, design, construction, and post- construction phases.…
The study of man-environment relationship in the global south has continued to receive attention, yet studies on the relationship between sense of community (SOC) and housing conditions in Nigeria's urban slums remain scarce, despite…
Affordability and carbon reduction are increasingly interlinked challenges in the housing sector, requiring a systematic approach that balances carbon neutrality, cost efficiency, and social inclusion, and positioning “affordable net zero housing” as a critical…
Despite extensive research identifying diverse determinants of residential satisfaction, limited evidence exists on the context-specific drivers of dissatisfaction in Nigerian Public Housing (PH) and on how these drivers relate to the gap between residents’…
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