As a consequence of the ongoing growth in demand for houses in the Netherlands over recent decades, the fraction of the total surface used for residential purposes has expanded rapidly. The location patterns of new residential construction are the result of various forces: government intervention aiming at the preservation of open space via zoning, new-town, and `compact-city' policies, and mar...

Make your home solar is going to be reality within few years. Rooftop PV has been developed by Germany, Spain and Italy with the encouragement Feedin -Tariff system for early attaining towards grid parity. The rates of solar PV has been drastically reduced in recent years and approaching towards the grid parity. There has been increasing trend of grid connected residential rooftop PV worldwide ...

background : cockroaches are found as the most common urban pests of tropical countries, prompting economic and serious health risk problem for humans by carrying microbes and allergens, acting as vector for various patho­gens of diseases. the present study was conducted from april 2013 to march 2014 in various human dwelling local­ities of urban area of district lahore, pakistan. methods : coc...

Noise pollution is considered to be any unwanted or distressing sound that causes the health issues and affects well-beings of humans other organisms. Exposure loud noise can also cause hazards. The consequences on living being hinge upon its frequency. frequency limits from 20Hz 20,000Hz are audible, not all sounds produced by vibrating bodies different source distinct.The operative techniques...

Given the scarcity of land resources in most Chinese cities, the fragmentation of construction land use is a greater constraint than expansion for urban sustainability. Therefore, there is an urgent need to quantify the fragmentation level of construction land use for planning and managing practices. This study focuses on residential land use, which is one of the most important types of constru...

The Build-Then-Sell (BTS) is a novel system implemented in Malaysia after a number of complaints have been received from buyers in the preceding Sell-Then-Build (STB) system. When the government announced the implementation of the BTS in 2007, proponents of BTS have asserted that the new system will provide houses with low level of defects. Their argument however is not supported by any empiric...

STUDY OBJECTIVE This study was designed to discover whether the relation between income inequality and population death rates within the United States was mediated by the degree of residential segregation between rich and poor. DESIGN Using data for 276 metropolitan areas in the USA, residential segregation was defined as the extent to which people with different levels of income live in the ...

Light-rail systems are becoming more popular in cities and urban residential areas around the country. One of the main environmental impacts from light-rail systems is noise from the trains as they pass through residential areas. In response to increasing noise complaints, it is becoming more common to perform noise measurements in the residential areas and attempt to identify noise mitigation ...

The identification of areas with favorability and restrictiveness in the development of residential surfaces represent and useful instrument for local and regional planning, local authorities and population, as it can help avoiding emplacement conflicts at metropolitan or local level. The analysis was based on a series of attributes extracted from topographical maps (1977-1978) and aerial image...