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@MISC{Walsh_narrativesummary,
author = {Kenneth D. Walsh and Claudio Munõz Whiting and Arizona State University},
title = {NARRATIVE SUMMARY},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
The environmental impacts of the rapid growth of housing and informal communities in urbanizing regions of the U.S.-Mexican border are only partially understood. This research, executed with support from the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP FY2004 cycle), has sought to develop a greater understanding of the technical and socio/cultural possibilities for mitigating environmental impacts of housing built in informal communities in the urbanizing regions of the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexican border. This report presents products of three phases of research. Phase I: A summary of findings from a literature search of publications related to the nature of informal sector housing settlements and housing stock. The objective of this work was to identify what is known and available in the public realm about rapidly growing housing in the border region. Presented are: 1. Demographic and spatial characteristics of the region; housing characteristics and trends in the region; social factors of the region which affect housing choice and are relevant to cultural, economic, material, technical, and design parameters of building housing and community. 2. Strategies for planning and designing sustainable housing which includes relevant data; best practice examples; guidelines to designing housing that is 8/28/2006 Dandekar
Keyphrases
narrative summary environmental impact u.s. mexican border informal community urbanizing region practice example socio cultural possibility border region social factor housing choice environmental research literature search relevant data southwest center informal sector housing settlement design parameter sustainable housing mexican side scerp fy2004 cycle public realm spatial characteristic rapid growth housing characteristic housing stock
