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Harmonised Census Dataset for Sustainable Construction Landscape in Africa (SCLA25): Bridging Africa’s Housing Deficit

2025

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Dataset type: Harmonised inicators extracted from national population & housing censuses and household surveys (2019–2024) for 10 African countries (urban, rural, national) covering, tenure type, dwelling type, and construction materials (roof, floor, wall).

this are data used for a draft paper titled "Bridging Africa’s Housing Deficit: Cultural Realities, Material Choices, and Sustainable Pathways"

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2025

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this are data used for a draft paper titled "Bridging Africa’s Housing Deficit: Cultural Realities, Material Choices, and Sustainable Pathways"

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Building material

Building material is material used for construction. Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay, rocks, sand, wood, and even twigs and leaves, have been used to construct buildings. Apart from naturally occurring materials, many man-made products are in use, some more and some less synthetic. The manufacturing of building materials is an established industry in many countries and the use of these materials is typically segmented into specific specialty trades, such as carpentry, insulation, plumbing, and roofing work.

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Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations, and comes from Latin constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") and Old French construction. To construct is the verb: the act of building, and the noun is construction: how something is built, the nature of its structure. In its most widely used context, construction covers the processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life.

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Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for construction and human use, investigation of existing social, ecological, and soil conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of other interventions that will produce desired outcomes.

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