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Sustainable design applied to low income communities in developing countries : the example of Pintassilgo Community - Santo Andre, Brazil De Matos, Claudia Marreco Sardenberg

Abstract

The overall goal of this thesis was to explore sustainable design principles and its applicability to low income communities situated in environmentally sensitive areas, focusing on the case of developing countries. Guidelines were established considering typical problems of those communities and than a case study was developed, applying the proposed guidelines to a real case situation at Pintassilgo Community, in Santo Andre, Brazil.

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Title
Sustainable design applied to low income communities in developing countries : the example of Pintassilgo Community - Santo Andre, Brazil
Creator
De Matos, Claudia Marreco Sardenberg
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Date Issued
2003
Description
The overall goal of this thesis was to explore sustainable design principles and its applicability to low income communities situated in environmentally sensitive areas, focusing on the case of developing countries. Guidelines were established considering typical problems of those communities and than a case study was developed, applying the proposed guidelines to a real case situation at Pintassilgo Community, in Santo Andre, Brazil.
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Genre
Thesis/Dissertation
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2009-10-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
DOI
10.14288/1.0090926
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14104
Degree
Master of Landscape Architecture - MLA
Program
Landscape Architecture
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Degree Grantor
University of British Columbia
Graduation Date
2003-05
Campus
UBCV
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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