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 1972
Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Lower-Cost Housing Problems, Oktay Ural
The Systems Approach to Lower-Cost Housing, Kenneth G. Jessop
Housing Design Process and Ekistics -- A Systems Approach, Jawalker K. Sridhar Rho
The Procurement Process and System Building for Housing, Guy G. Rothenstein
Construction of Low Cost Housing on Very Steep Slopes, Leandro uintana, Felipe Farias, and Fernando H. Tinoco
Goal 26: A Game for Housing Education, G. Day Ding and Jack R. Warner
A Super-Roof Concept for New Towns in Extreme Climates, John V. Huddleston
Push-Up: A New Method for Building Cast-in-Place Reinforced Concrete Structures, Peter M. Vanderklaauw
Precast Construction of Tall Buildings utilizing the Tension-structure Principle, Rudolph Szilard and Philip C. French
Structural Behavior of Wall Panels for Lower Cost Housing, David W. Fowler, James T. Houston, and F. B. Johnson
Lower-Cost Housing Research -- Interdisciplinary Graduate Study Programs, Gunter Schmitz
Economical Housing through the Use of Extruded Plastic Building Profiles, George E. Meyers
Analysis of Wood-Base Materials used in Small Single Family Dwellings Produced by Three Manufactured Housing Systems, Kalevi Turkia and John Haygreen
Performance/Cost Evaluation of Buildings -- An Information Aid to Decision Making, George S. Birrell
Lowering the Transportation and On Site Labour Costs - Some Proposals, Iraj E. Majzub
System Approach to Analysis of Housing Construction Costs, Schlomo Peer
International Programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Thomas R. Callaway
The Process of Urban Renewal in England & Wales -- A Case Study: Portsmouth (Buckland), Michael Fagence
Urban Housing Policy in Iran, M. T. Jahanshahi
Experimental Low Cost Arctic Housing for Alaskan Bush Areas, Tery T. McFadden
A Mechanized Construction Technique for Producing Lower Cost Structures, T. Korman, H. S. Smith, and G. L. Emig
Precast Ferrocement Shells for Low-Cost Housing Units, Frank W. Gallant, James H. Lane, Dennis H. Parr, and Victor E. Shirley
Use of Pressurized Membranes as a Low-Cost Erection Scheme for Concrete Structures, John W. Leonard
Management Planning, Scheduling and Control for the Construction of Lower Cost Housing, Harold Rothbart
Observations on Social and Psychological Deterrents to the Production of Low-Cost Housing in the United States, E. A. Chamberlain
The Housing Cost Problem, Vasily Kouskoulas and Barbara Burstein
Psy-Conditioning, Pedro L. Koe-Krompecher
Neighborhood Satisfaction: A Study of User Assessments of Low Income Residential Environment, Henry Sanoff
An Approach to Improving the Quality of Low Cost Urban Housing, Donald N. Rothblatt
Codes and Standards for Mobile Home Communities Past - Present - and Future, Herbert Behrend
The Technology and Management of Mobile Home Production, Arthur D. Bernhardt
An Historic Survey of American Building Construction Systems, Leonard G. Haeger
Research in Building Panel Assemblies for Lower Cost Housing, Paul P. Fazio
The Supply of Housing as the Combination of Factors of Production, Gloria de Sama
Engineering Improvements in Reclaimed Marshland for Housing Project, Carl W. Garbe and Kuei-Wu Tsai
Industrialized Low Cost Housing in Missouri, A Case Study, Kenneth P. Buchert
Risk Analysis of Lower Cost Housing Construction, Robert I. Carr Jr.
Toward an Approach for Rationalizing the Rural Housing Delivery System, Henry Sanoff, King Burgwyn, Michael McNamara, and Terry Alford
Suspended Modular Component System, Lawrence C. Abell and Conrad P. Heins Jr.
System Design and Low-Cost Building Systems in Developing Countries, E. H. Mikho and J. Delrue
Application of Modular Co-ordination in Lower-Cost Housing, P. Selvanayagam
The Conversion of International Cargo Containers into Lower Cost Housing -- A Socially Designed Home, Ralph E. Williams
The Sears Eco-System Home, Jack R. Warner and G. Day Ding
Structural Materials and Testings for Low-Cost Housing, Leonard Ru-Liang Wang
Problems Encountered in the Manufacture of Monolithic Concrete Modular Houses, W. D. Tiner
“Industrialized Housing: A Goal!”, Nitin N. Shah
The Logic of a Solution, A. D. McDonald and F. D. Rich Jr.
Parameters Affecting Construction Time in Housing Projects, Schlomo Peer and Schlomo Selinger
Low Cost High Quality and High Strength Gap-Graded Concrete for Urban Renewal Housing Construction, Shu-tien Li and V. Ramakrishnan
Electrical Wiring for Lower-Cost Housing, Burns E. Hegler
Low Cost Housing Is Not Low Standard Housing, N. K. Gandhi
Communicating Housing Needs and Strategies, Bruce Yandle and Herbert Busching
A Means of Rational Comparison between Various Types of Lower Cost Housing with Special Reference to the Effect of Building Codes Thereon, George S. Birrell
Socio-Psycho Logical Considerations in Housing for the Low Income Group, Dinesh Mohan, Rajinder Lal, and A. Deb
How to Lower the Cost of Housing?, Lynn Hannley
New Methods to Overcome Zoning Restrictions against Transportable Housing, James Jay Brown
Labor-Requirement and -Cost Comparison of Construction Methods for Lower-Cost Housing, Schlomo Peer
Housing Functions: Shelter and Environment, Michael J. Burrill
Efficiency of Planning of Housing Systems, P. Purushothaman, Jawalker K. Sridhar Rao, and K. S. Mathur
Construction Methods for Low Cost Housing in India, Velayudhan Raveendran and Madasamy Arockiasamy
Land Bank Project: Computer Simulation of a Land Bank to Provide Sites for Housing for Low Income Families, Carol Van Alstyne and Peter Sorant
Some Innovate Housing Units, Sidney Shore and Jack R. Vinson
A Proposed Performance Standard for Lower-Cost Housing in the United States Derived from Life Cycle Analysis of Present Housing Practice, James H. Davis
Symposium Committees, University of Missouri--Rolla
Author Index, University of Missouri--Rolla
Table of Contents, University of Missouri--Rolla
Proceedings from 1970
Table of Contents, University of Missouri--Rolla
Low Cost Housing in Europe, Sydney Lenssen
New Towns, Leonard R. Mann
Industrialization: Generic Examples, Specific Solutions -- Camus and Sectra, Laurence S. Cutler
“Low Cost Housing Projects & Problems in Hawaii”, D. Richard Neill
Austin Oaks 68, Franklin B. Johnson, J. Neils Thompson, Robert I. Carr Jr., and David W. Fowler
Construction Methods For Low-Cost Housing, V. Malakonda Reddy and A. S. Sarma
Feasibility of Prefabrication in Low Cost Housing, Dogan Sorguc, David Arditti, and Taha Aksoy
A Case Study in Industrialized Housing, William L. Hooper
Low Cost Housing and the Problem of Local Building Codes in the United States, Margaret E. Goertz
Psychological and Sociological Considerations in the Design of Low Cost Housing Units, James J. Abernethy
The Causes of Delay in the Construction Industry, Harold Rothbart
Mobile Home Parks -- Design, Construction and Costs, W. M. Baldwin
Search For Economic and Universal Housing Systems -- Some Design and Construction Experience, Zenon A. Zielinski
Creating a Resource For Low Cost Urban Housing: Towards a Policy For Developing the Mobile Home Industry, Arthur D. Bernhardt
Shelly-Modular Housing System, Luis E. Mora
“Sheltron" - - A Construction System For Low-Cost Housing, Rodolfo J. Aguilar
Cluster Development and Site Engineering, Ray J. Peters
A Role For Educational Institutions in Housing Development, Paul J. Grogan
Soil Cement Blocks For Low Cost Housing -- Correlation of Experimental Results With Site Observations, P. Selvanayagam
Development By Means of Semi-Permanent Building: A new, practical approach in Housing and City-planning, B. E. Friedjung
Aggregate Rendered Plywood or Asbestor Exterior Wall Panels For Domestic Structures, A. Coull and R. T. McCrone
A Building System Using Precast Concrete Sandwich Panels From Footing to Roof, E. L. Hansen and J. O. Curtis
"The Buckle-Shell", V. J. Meyers and V. C. Matzen
A Hyper-Roof Concept For Low-Cost Housing, John V. Huddleston
Low Cost Housing in the Perspective of Metropolitan Calcutta’s Urban Renewal, S. Ghosh Dastidar
Siting Criteria For Low Rent Public Housing, Charles O. Quade
An Experiment in Low Cost Housing in Stillwater, Oklahoma, William H. J. Cleverly and Phillip G. Manke
The Mobile Home is Low-Cost Housing -- Or is it?, Walter L. Meyer
Cultural Bases of Preference For the Visual Appearance of Residential Environments, Peter G. Flachsbart and George L. Peterson
A Self-Help Process For Low Cost Housing Construction in Pittsburgh, Dennis H. Parr
Foundations For Low-Cost Housing, Norbert O. Schmidt
Low Cost Housing Projects in India, A. R. Santhakumar