A self-help housing project in rural Tunisia in retrospect

• The purpose of this study is to analyze and disseminate an experiment of rural self-help housing initiated as part of the vocational training of a group of students of architecture and which allowed to improve significantly the housing  conditions of a group of deprived peasants in rural Tunisia.The discussion of the various aspects and requirements of the project gives rise to a series of reflections about the means and conditions indispensable for implementing projects oriented to meet the basic needs of the deprived groups. Equally crucial are the reflections about the dissemination of the  results of the project.Conclusions connected with aid policy, training in architecture and the resulting quality and economy of the housing scheme are drawn, but the main interest is put on self-help construction as a housing policy strategy. The author stresses the positive results of the Rohian experiment for the beneficaries on a short-term  basis, but she is doubtful about self-help as an adequate strategy and of a general validity for solutions to a larger scale.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Arkitektur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Architecture (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Tunisia; Maghreb; Aid evaluation; Housing projects; Self-help; Rural housing; Rural areas

SOCIAL SCIENCES

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

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