Examines the factors that hamper the production and use of selected indigenous building materials in developing countries, and identifies measures which can be undertaken to expand their use; provides decision-makers with a basis to undertake reforms in the building materials sector.

This handbook, The Councillor as Communicator, is one of the series of 12 and is intended for use primarily by trainers in national training institutions for local government or training units within local governments themselves.

Particularly in rural areas, the difficulty of providing energy for human settlements is becoming one of the greatest constraints on the improvement of living conditions.

Based on the report submitted to the fifth session of the Commission on Human Settlements in 1982.

Examines the rationale and strategies and mechanisms for the rehabilitation of the existing housing stock.

Examines the rationale and strategies and mechanisms for the rehabilitation of the existing housing stock.