^Sohjarang is a Khasi village in the jungle 12 miles west of the Shillong-Gauhati Road. It consists of 29 houses and 161 inhabitants. The main village has 24 houses clustered on the slopes of a hill and a smaller part consists of 5 houses on a neighbouring hill. This portion is referred to as U. Pher's village. The people of Nongsier are related to families in Sohjarang and, though ten miles se...

INTRODUCTION After more than three decades of network system design, epidemiological transition, as well as the change in needs and expectations of rural communities, have brought some challenges for Iran's health houses. So, this study is aimed at identifying these challenges through a qualitative study. METHODS This was a qualitative and phenomenological study which was carried out in three...

The restoration of Worn-out Urban Fabrics (WoUFs), i.e., the disfiguration fabric components city from their main shape, and implementation urban housing development plan have always been pivotal activities for designing livable cities – especially in developing countries. Prior research, however, did not identify an appropriate model sustainable recovery WoUFs. To fill this gap, patterns suppo...

Southwark and Vauxhall Company, only 14 in that of the Lambeth Company's houses, and the remainder in houses that got their water from pump wells or direct from the river. Remember, this was in districts where houses standing next to each other very often had a different water supply.'' ''Pure reason!'' ejaculated the Magistrate. ''It will be too much for them. Ha! Ha!'' If anything was destine...

The highest priority of so called, projected passive houses is to meet the appropriate energy demand. Every single material and layer which is injected into a dwelling has a certain energy quantity stored. The passive houses include optimized insulation levels with minimal thermal bridges, minimum of air leakage through the building, utilization of passive solar and internal gains, and good cir...

In this study, the authors conducted research of repairing cases flooded detached houses, aiming to clarify relationship between flood damage and method that were carried out subsequently houses.