AFRICAN
CONTRIBUTORS |
Dr Obas John Ebohon - BA(Hons) MA PhD, LLM (Env. Law), MInstE |
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Contact details:
Leicester School of Architecture
De Montfort University
Leicester
LE1 9BH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 116 255 1551 Ext 8420
Fax: +44 (0) 116 250 6322
Email: ebohon@dmu.ac.uk
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John Ebohon is a Reader in Energy, Sustainability and Development at De Montfort University in Leicester, and Director of the Developing World Built Environment Research Unit at De Montfort. His teaching and research interests are in the fields of energy, sustainability and development, built environment economics and finance institutions, and the process of economic development, technology transfer, and construction multinationals.
He has published widely and contributed papers to international conferences and seminars in these fields, especially with regards to sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently supervising a number of higher degree candidates on different built environment and sustainability related topics.
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Co-author
Prof. PD Rwelamila is Professor at the Graduate School of Business Leadership at the University of South Africa and an associate of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa.
Email: rwelapmd@unisa.ac.za |
Dr Daniel K Irurah - B. Arch, M Arch, MA (Urban Planning), PhD |
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Contact details:
School of Architecture and Planning
University of the Witwatersrand
Private Bag 3
Wits 2050
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)11 717 7643
Fax: +27 (0)11 403 2308
Email: 013dki@cosmos.wits.ac.za
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Daniel Irurah is a Senior Lecturer in Design and Construction at the University of the Witwatersrand. His focus in teaching, research and consultancy work is Sustainability in the Built Environment. His PhD and Masters work focused on embodied energy in construction materials, climatic response, energy conservation and renewable energy for buildings within inter-tropical regions.
Dr. Irurah is a member of several professional bodies, including CIB Working Commissions and Task Groups, the South African Institute of Building, and the Institute of Energy. He maintains strong links with educational institutions, academics and practitioners in the developing countries, and is a member of several expert advisory groups on energy efficiency and low-cost housing policy in South Africa. |
Prof Ambrose Adebayo - M Arch PhD Arch MIA Arch SA |
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Contact details:
School of Architecture, Planning and Housing
University of Natal
Durban
4041
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)31 260 1344
Fax: +27 (0)31 260 1252
Email: adebayo@nu.ac.za
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Professor Adebayo's areas of expertise include architecture, urban design and housing; and architectural design for commercial institutions, housing, educational and community projects as well as health facilities. He has wide experience in Europe and Africa. His teaching interests include architectural design, the theory of architecture, history of urban settlements in Africa, urban design theories and application as well as housing in development, housing and culture, housing and sustainable environment and policy issues. His research interests are: Architecture - pre-colonial urban settlements to present, traditional African architecture, and evolution of settlements, educational buildings and learning space development; Urban design - neighbourhood design, urban centre redevelopment, revitalisation/regeneration of urban centres, waterfront developments and tourist destinations, transformation of African cities, public realm and spaces; Housing - housing and sustainable environments, inner city housing, housing and culture, neighbourhood layout and design. He is a member of the Institute of Architects of SA and Institute of Housing for SA. He has received awards in the areas of architectural design, housing and settlements and has authored a book and numerous publications and papers. |
ASIAN
CONTRIBUTORS |
Prof. Anil Laul B.Arch, A.I.I.A |
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Contact details:
Anagpur Building Centre
Khera Dhumaspur
V.P.O. Anagpur Distt.
Faridabad, 121003, Haryana
India
Tel: +91 129 5252365
Fax: +91 129 525 2364
Email: anillaul@del2.vsnl.net.in
Web: www.anangpur.com/ |
Anil Laul is a practising architect and director of the Anangpur Building Centre in India. He is also visiting professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, New Delhi, and chairman and chief consultant to the Nizamuddin Building Centre, and has been involved in several policy development initiatives. Prof. Laul’s work focuses on alternative technologies, housing provision and sustainable urban planning. His projects have received various awards and are listed as UNCHS Good Practices. He has researched, produced and directed 12 films on Appropriate Technologies on various subjects such as planning, water management, and reuse and recycling of materials. Prof. Laul is also an advisor on various technological committees and art commissions, has assisted with the development of local and national housing policy and is a member of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. |
Architect Kirtee Shah B Arch |
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Contact details:
KSA Design Planning Services
51/A Thakore Baug Flats
Navragpura
Ahmedabad 38009
India
Tel: +91 79 644 8833
Fax: +91 646 9997
Email: asag@ad1.vsnl.net.in
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Kirtee Shah is a practising architect and is the Director of ASAG (Ahmedabad Study Action Group), a non-government organisation run by concerned professionals committed to using their skills for public causes, especially slum upgrading, disaster rehabilitation and low-cost housing. Kirtee has served as housing and urbanisation expert on several expert advisory groups for the Indian national and various state and local governments, as well as to UNICEF and the World Bank and the Social Housing Foundation of South Africa. He is also President of Habitat International Coalition and a member of the international board of
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a non-profit society supporting public service entrepreneurs in developing countries. |
Dr Ahmad Sanusi Hassan B Arch, March PhD |
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Contact details:
School of Housing, Building and Planning
University of Science Malaysia
11800 Penang
Malaysia
Tel: 04 6577888 ext 2500
Fax: 04 657 6523
Email: sanusi@usm.my
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Dr. Ahmad Sanusi Hassan is a lecturer in Architecture Programme under the School of Housing, Building, and Planning, University of Science Malaysia (USM). His post-graduate work focused on sustainable architecture and urban planning development. At the University he is lecturing in courses related to urban design, and history and theory of architecture, as well as Computer Aided Design, computer animation and multimedia. |
LATIN AMERICAN
CONTRIBUTORS |
Prof. Vanderley M. John Dr.Eng. |
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Contact details:
Department of Civil Construction Engineering
Escola Politécnica
University de São Paulo
Cidade Universitária
05508-900, São Paulo,
Brazil
Email: John@poli.usp.br |
Vanderley John is a Civil Engineer and is currently Associate Professor of the Department Construction Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo, Brazil and guest researcher at Högskolan I Gävle. Sweden. His main research areas are construction and the environment, recycling waste as building materials and durability of construction. He has published more than 100 papers on these topics. Dr. John has been very active in a number of technical and Scientific organisations. He has been deputy-superintendent of the Construction Committees of the Brazilian National Standards Association (ABNT) for the last 8 years. He is also a former president and vice-president of the Brazilian National Association of the Built Environment (ANTAC) and is still involved with the coordination of two ANTAC working groups: Recycling Wastes, and Sustainability.
Apart from his academic activities, he has also been an active collaborator of several governmental institutions. He is a member of the Brazilian Committee on Quality and Productivity in the Habitat, The Environmental Chamber of Construction of the São Paulo State; and the board of the Brazilian National Research Funs for Building Construction.
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Prof. Vahan Agopyan is and engineer and Vice Dean at the Escola Politécnica, University de São Paulo. His areas of expertise are building materials and quality in building.
Vahan.Agopyan@poli.usp.br
Prof. Christer Sjöstrom is at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden. His expertise is in durability, service and life cycle analysis of building materials and products.
christer.sjostrom@hig.se
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Architect Mauricio Pinto De Arruda B. Arch M. Arch |
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Contact details:
Rua Áurea 149, Ap.33
CEP 04015-070
São Paulo SP,
Brazil
Email: Mauricio.arruda@uol.com.br
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Maurício Pinto de Arruda was born in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, in 1973. He obtained his degree in architecture from de State University of Londrina in 1997, and received his M. Arch. degree from the University of São Paulo in 2000. Arruda has been publishing articles on sustainable construction and social housing, since 1999. Currently, he works in his own office developing technologies in wood construction.
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Architect Liliana Miranda BA Architecture and Urbanism, MBA |
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Contact details:
Ecociudad –
Foro Ciudades Para la Vida
Vargas Machuca 408, San Antonio. Miraflores, Lima,
Perú
Tel: +51 1 241 1488
Fax: +51 1 446 8560
Email: foro@ciudad.org.pe
lmiranda@ciudad.org.pe |
Liliana Miranda is the National Executive Secretary for Foro Ciudades Para la Vida (Cities for Life), as well as the President of the Ecociudad Association. She is a visiting Professor at three Universities where she lectures at Masters level in Urban Environmental Management, as well as an independent consultant with various international organisations. Arch. Miranda is also the official civic society (FCPV network) representative to the National Commission and Executive Commission for Rio+10. |
Co-author
Arch. Liliana Marulanda
Architect and Urban planner, independent consultant
Email: lmarulanda@wayna.rcp.net.pe |
EDITOR |
Chrisna du Plessis B.Arch M.Arch (Sustainable Development) |
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Contact details:
CSIR Building and Construction Technology
PO Box 395
Pretoria, 0001
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 841 3891
Fax: +27 12 841 3400
Email: cdupless@csir.co.za
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Chrisna du Plessis is currently employed in the Division of Building and Construction Technology at the CSIR (South Africa) in 1997 where she works in the Programme for Sustainable Human Settlement. She is joint coordinator of a CIB task group (TG38) on Urban Sustainability and is a member of another CIB working group on Future Studies in Construction (W082). As member of the CIB, she has written the South African report on sustainable development and the future of construction, as well as co-authored the chapter on urban sustainability in the CIB
Agenda 21 for the Construction Industry. The CIB has recently appointed her to prepare the
Agenda 21 for Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries.
She has published a number of papers on the topic of sustainable development and sustainable construction in developing countries and is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences. In South Africa she is a member of the Interim National Council for the Implementation of Agenda 21 and Habitat Agenda.
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