Two International Symposia on Low Cost Housing Problems were held in 1970 and 1972, sponsored by the University of Missouri--Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology):
- International Symposium on Low Cost Housing Problems Related to Urban Renewal and Development (1970: Oct. 8-9, Rolla, MO)
- 2nd International Symposium on Lower-Cost Housing Problems (1972: Apr. 24-26, St. Louis, MO)
Other sponsors included the University’s Civil Engineering Department and Extension Division, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the National Science Foundation.
Fifty-one technical papers were included in the first proceedings, addressing various aspects of housing including social and economic environmental aspects. The second proceedings include sixty-one papers addressing pertinent factors related to housing which should be considered in the planning process, using an Integrated Systems Approach.
Within each year, the full proceedings of each conference are presented first, followed by the full-text of each article. Use the "Jump to" function to quickly find the 1970 Conference.
Proceedings from 1970
Low Income System Key Assembly, Darin V. Liska
“ARACHNE” (a construction method for industrialized housing), J. P. D. Kergueno
Modular Housing Systems Around the World and in the U.S. A., Nitin N. Shah
Concrete Sandwich Panels For Low Cost Housing Construction, Robert W. Ellis Jr. and Steven D. Cummings
Low Cost Housing (how to avoid the “problem” in three words or less), Carl P. D. Sharpe
Increasing the Productivity of Housing Development Corporations, Carol Van Astyne
Acoustic Evaluation of the Ten Houses in the Austin Oaks Project, Elmer L. Hixson
Effect of the Supply of Low Cost Housing on In-Migration of the Unskilled, Daniel L. Babcock
Preconditions for and Benefits of the Development of Low Cost Housing Technology, E. L. Keating and E. S. Miller
A Place in the Sun, Arthur Monsey
Analysis of Costs in Housing, John J. Huson
Earthquake Resistant Construction Features in Low Cost Buildings, A. S. Arya
A U.S. Building System: An Experience and Lessons to be Learned, sepp firnkas
Case Study and Analysis of a Low Cost Housing Project in an Urban Area in India, P. Purusothaman and Jawalker K. Sridhar Rao
Impact of Planned Policy and Sociological Factors on Low Cost Housing Programmes, D. R. Sikka
Construction Methods For Low Cost Housing, A. M. Mahajan
Modular Housing, Herbert Behrend
Low Cost Housing: The Necessity of Interdisciplinary Skills, Margaret K. Thorpe and Dwight D. Zeck
Low-Cost Housing Through Total Planning, Peter J. Hammond
