Journal of the Network of African Countries on Local Building Materials and Technologies - Volume 3, Number 1 (HABITAT, 1994, 44 p.): The aim of the network and its journal

Journal of the Network of African Countries on Local Building Materials and Technologies - Volume 3, Number 1 (HABITAT, 1994, 44 p.)

		(introduction...)
		The aim of the network and its journal
		Foreword
		Uganda: Follow-up actions with regard to the recommendations of the Workshop of the Network of African Countries on Local Building Materials and Technologies
		United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT II) - Istanbul, Turkey 3-14 June 1996 - “The City Summit”1
		A strategy for effective participation of the African region in the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)2
		Habitat II Preparatory Process and the Construction Sector
		Technology profile No. 1: Blended cements*
		Technology profile No. 2: Phosphogypsum as building material**
		Technology profile No. 3: Utilization of fly ash in the production of building materials***
		Events
		Publications review - Published by UNCHS (Habitat)

The aim of the network and its journal

The Network of African Countries on Local Building Materials and Technologies aims at strengthening local technological capacity through facilitating information flow, regional cooperation and the transfer of appropriate technologies in low-cost and innovative building materials sectors in African countries.

The Journal of the Network, currently published biannually, aims to provide a channel of information that could be used by professionals, technicians, researchers, scientists as well as policy and decision makers. It is a medium for information exchange and a facilitator for acquisition of suitable technologies and know-how.

Efforts are made to compile, process and publish articles and technical papers originated mainly in the African region, however, as deemed appropriate and subject to availability, research findings and technological information from countries outside the African region are also included to stimulate inter-regional cooperation as well.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE JOURNAL

This Journal welcomes information or articles on low-cost innovations in building-materials technology. Information in the form of technical and policy papers, illustrations, news items and announcements of events can be sent from individuals or institutions in the private or public sector, from within and outside the African region. All correspondence on the Journal should be addressed to the Chief, Building and Infrastructure Technology Section, Research and Development Division, UNCHS (Habitat), P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi Kenya.

The views expressed in this Journal do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations. Mention of firm names and commercial products do not imply the endorsement of UNCHS (Habitat). The reprinting of any of the material in this publication is welcome, provided that the source is mentioned and one copy sent to UNCHS (Habitat).

National Network Institutions

Housing and Architecture Department
Ministry of Town Planning and Housing
Yaounde, Cameroon
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI)
Kumasi University
Ghana
Housing and Building Research Institute (HABRI)
College of Architecture and Engineering
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Lesotho Housing and Land
Development Cooperation
Maseru, Lesotho
Department of Civil Engineering
The Polytechnic
University of Malawi, Malawi
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
University of Malta, Malta
School of Industrial Technology
University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Ministry of Local Government and Housing
Windhoek, Namibia
Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI)
Lagos, Nigeria
Faculty of Engineering
Fourah Bay College
University of Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Centre Technique des Materiaux de Construction de la Ceramique et du Verre (CTMCCV)
Tunis, Tunisia
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
Kampala, Uganda
Building Research Unit (BRU)
Dar-es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
National Housing Authority
Lusaka, Zambia
Ministry of Public Construction and National Housing
Harare, Zimbabwe

Editor-in-chief:

Kalyan Ray

Editor:

Baris Der-Petrossian