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Housing

Conferences in this area

3–4 September 2026 · Johannesburg, South Africa

SURE-Built 2026 — 2nd Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference

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…

Submissions close January 31, 2026

Papers in this area

Provision of Affordable Housing Through Tunnel Formwork as an Innovative Approach for Sustainable Development in Urban South Africa

Mbali Hazel Thomo, Sibongile Zwane, Partson Paradza

SURE-Built 2026 — 2nd Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference · Housing · September 3, 2026

Against a backdrop of South Africa’s lack of sustainable affordable housing in South Africa, high levels of spatial inequality, and low developer margins, the study examines the potential of tunnel formwork to provide sustainable…

Housing Quality Research Methodologies in Nigeria: A Systematic Scoping Review

Sunday A. Bobadoye, , Funmilayo M. Adedire, Abiodun A. Okunlola Olasunkanmi S. Fagbemi

SURE-Built 2026 — 2nd Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference · Housing · September 3, 2026

Housing quality (HQ) research in Nigeria is expanding due to the housing crisis and rapid urbanisation. Yet critical methodological reviews are rare. Most Nigerian HQ studies rely on varied, non-standardised indicators and cross-sectional surveys…

Success Factors of Wearable Technologies Adoption for Construction Health and Safety in Nigeria David

Engineering, the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

SURE-Built 2026 — 2nd Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference · Housing · September 3, 2026

The rising rate of fatalities in the construction industry underscores the dangers workers are exposed to and the absence of innovative technologies. Hence, this study aims to determine the success factors of wearable technology…

Exploring the Role of Peri-urban Areas in Driving Self-help Housing: A Case Study of Tea Estate, Inanda

Luyanda Innocentia Makhoba, Vincent Myeni

SURE-Built 2026 — 2nd Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference · Housing · September 3, 2026

Rapid urbanisation, population growth, and widening economic inequality continue to exacerbate South Africa’s urban housing crisis, particularly for households within the gap market that struggle to access formal housing programmes such as the Social…

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