Evidence from NGOs and the charitable sector suggests that people who are refused asylum in the UK lead highly marginalised lives, experiencing levels of deprivation that flout UK and international human rights legislation. However, the number of studies engaging with this large…
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A arquitetura orgânica nasce da ideia de um desenvolvimento natural, integrado a uma dinâmica complexa de partes organizadas em um todo harmônico, em que a criação arquitetônica dialoga com o entorno de forma simbiótica, como um organismo único. A chave central desta investigaçã…
The rise of economic populism and movements for greater racial, gender, and class equality over the last few years have foregrounded the massive problems of spatial and social inequality in the United States. Academic research focused on these disparities increasingly suggests t…
This interdisciplinary dissertation examines the last century of U.S. housing policy, including the construction and outcomes, as a phenomenon in which a ubiquitous pro-homeownership stance taken by those in power in the U.S. takes shape and is maintained through official rhetor…
In this dissertation, I study the impact of public policies on three related but distinct economic outcomes: employment, housing stability, and income inequality. In the second chapter, I examine the employment impact of the Paycheck Protection Program, a key element of the fede…
Many scholars have enthusiastically looked for ways to improve informal housing conditions in Cairo, Egypt. Some of them called for policy upgrading, architectural improvements, budget allocation, and sustainable development. By connecting different sectors together to serve the…
This multiple-case study looks at perceived tenure security in three informal settlements in Lahore and the effects of provincial government-driven tenure regularization program on perceived tenure security. It investigates the constituents of tenure security in the three settle…
On November 7, 1973, President Nixon asked Americans to lower their home thermostats to a national average temperature of 68 degrees. On February 2, 1974, over half of the gas stations in the New York City area closed after selling out of fuel. These and other restrictions resul…
Rapid and radical socioeconomic transformations have accompanied the development of the hydrocarbon-exporting economies of the Arab Gulf states. The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are some of the largest recipients of labor migrants in the world, and the region has th…
The Yoruba traditional housing form is the compound system. Its arrangement expresses the strong family ties central to the culture, emphasizing the compound as the unit of primary attachment for extended family members. However, the compound spatial structure has been changed c…
The nineteenth century was a time of intense social change in the Ottoman realm. The integration of the Ottoman Empire with the capitalist world economy and the modernization efforts of the Ottoman rulers in order to "adapt" the Ottoman social system to the changing conditions o…
An extensive literature review and comparative analysis of heat and moisture production (HP, MP) of various poultry types (layers, broilers, and turkeys) and their housing systems indicated that total heat production (THP, W/kg) has increased over the years by about 15 to 44% (1…
The preservation of the 'identity of place' of the West Bank (and Palestine) is sought, acknowledging the existence of a housing crisis in the West Bank which could inalterably affect the vernacular (natural and built environments) of Palestine. The significance of the 'Holy Lan…
The concept of urban blight lacks an objective identity both in theory and practice. Neither policymakers nor social scientists have settled on a definition of the phenomenon, despite the ongoing, decades-long crusade against it initiated by the urban renewal programs of the mid…
This study investigates the housing characteristics and the determinants of housing production of the informal housing sector in Alexandria, Egypt. It also examines the impact of land policies on the development of the informal housing sector. Informal housing, by definition, is…
The 20th century has come to an end on a city that has witnessed dramatic and sometimes violent shifts during its long history. During the past century, specifically in the latter half, Cairo, Egypt's capital and its largest city, underwent radical waves of transformation. Three…
For the last seven years I have undertaken to investigate and implement design, construction, and construction management processes, which attempt to create a harmonious and humane built quality on the apartment building form. This dissertation documents my attempt to create suc…
This dissertation examines some aspects of the transition process in the former Soviet Union, including urban housing, the geography of trade flows, and the behavior of an employee-dominated firm. The first essay explores the fundamentals of the Moscow housing market. It establi…
The dissertation examines race relations through the lens of private housing. It uses the papers of the NAACP, other groups, and individuals; plus federal, state, and local government documents; African-American newspapers; realty industry publications; court transcripts and dec…