Author(s)

J.A. Mendes da Silva & A.T. Ferreira Ramos

Abstract

According to several international organizations, including the United Nations, the sustainable development is, today, one of the most global concerns of developed countries and an increasing concern of less developed countries. Sustainable construction is a quite important sub-domain within this context. In order to contribute to improve the knowledge and practice in this domain, we have carried out a research program to analyse and to compare the constructive solutions used in two different countries, with quite different climates, that share many cultural and historical influences: Portugal (Europe) and Cape Verde (Africa – Atlantic Ocean). We have studied these two countries in terms of climate, history and social and cultural deve

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