The future of panel housing estates is influenced by a number factors. Although have seen their share commentary and analysis from both supporters de-tractors, there has been no comprehensive effort to explore the field in terms building thermal regeneration measures. This article focuses on links between thermo-technical measures estates, application External Thermal Insulation Composite Syste...

Detecting windows in urban environments is an essential task when reconstructing buildings from photographs. Recent work on city wide reconstruction has been focusing on capturing the details on building facades using both images and LIDAR data. However, segmenting and detecting windows in practice remains a manual and tedious task. In this report, we apply techniques used in face detection to ...

there is a consensus among housing experts and policy makers that there are not enough resources for government alone to address growing urban housing challenges in many developing countries. consequently, a paradigm shift from government provision to partnerships between the public and private sectors is advocated. this study examined the prospects and challenges of public-private partnerships...

p olicy makers in housing sector seeks to use instruments by which they can control volatility of housing price and prevent high disturbances of the bubble and price shocks, or at least, reduce them. in the portfolio and speculation theories, it is emphasized that speculative demand for housing is the main cause of shocks and price volatilities in the sector. the theory of housing price bubble ...