Africa Re:Load, 29 th /30 th August 2011, Weimar Inorganic Binder Systems for Innovative Panel Technology in East Africa LightSHIP G. J. G. Gluth , W. Z. Taffese, G. S. Kumaran, H. C. Uzoegbo, H.-C. Kühne
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1. LightSHIP
Inorganic Binder Systems for Innovative Panel Technology in
East Africa
G. J. G. Gluth, W. Z. Taffese, G. S. Kumaran, H. C. Uzoegbo, H.-C.
Khne
2. Urban population
*projection
Urban population in Africa
World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision; United Nations:
New York, 2008.
3. Need for affordable building materials
Large increase in urban population
e.g., population of Addis Ababa has doubled nearly every
decade
Associated problem of enormous pressure on social and physical
infrastructures (slums)
Alemayehu, E. Y. PhD Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Trondheim, 2008.
Large need for affordable buidling materials to construct
housings, public buildings etc.