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The problems of building and housing are particularly acute in the developing world. The struggle to provide shelter to the teeming millions at affordable costs has surfaced as the issue of prime importance the world over. Adequate availability of building materials is central to augmenting the housing stock. The search for new and alternative building materials will have to be intensified, because conventional materials are fast depleting. The new, innovative construction technologies will need support to the hilt, because the conventional ones are either outmoded or expensive. The acid test for appropriateness or otherwise of a technology package lies chiefly in its cost effectiveness, acceptability by the user and affordability. The tremendous variability…

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