Volume 25 - NUMBERS 101-102-103, 1971
An International Review of Forestry and Forest Products
FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Director-General A.H. BOERMA
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Forestry Department-
Assistant Director - General Directors
B.K. STEENBERG
JACK C. WESTOBY
R.G. FONTAINE
P.J. VAKOMIES
L.E. HUGUET
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Cover. The United Nations and its agencies are concerned with improving levels of living and the welfare of people. One of the more blatant problems is the provision of homes-a simpler and more familiar term than housing or dwelling. These prefabricated homes being put up in Nigeria illustrate features of the most natural and sensitive of building materials- wood.
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United Nations centre for housing, building and planning
Section
1: Housing needs, trends and prospects
FAO forest industries and trade division forestry department
Section
2: Supply of wood materials for housing
Alan D. Freas
Section
3: Wood products and their use in construction
J.A. Liska
Part I: Technical aspectsH. Brian Dickens
Part II: Legislative and code aspects
E. Levin
Section
5: Design, building techniques and costs of housing with wood components
O.H. Koenigsberger
Section
6: Wood in housing in developing countries
R.B. Gourlay
Section
7: Promotion of the use of wood in housing
E.J. Gibson and W.T. Curry
Section
8: The coordination of research and future developments
Appendix 1: Planning and organization of the consultation
Exhibition
Consultation activities
United Nations seminar
Tours
Closing of the consultation
Appendix 2: Consultation officers and participants
List of participants