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Recent years have seen an increased focus on the role of house construction and retrofitting within the broader agenda of sustainable development and climate change. To date this focus has largely targeted middle- and upper-income residential neighborhoods in urban areas. However, in the United States, and in middle developing countries such as Brazil and Mexico, there is growing recognition that...
This paper explores how 30 years after their formation as squatter and irregular settlements self-built consolidated dwellings in Latin America are being passed from the original first generation low income home builders to their children and grandchildren. Today these original peripheral settlements are located in the intermediate ring of cities and these self-built homes have significant exchange...
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