%0 Journal Article %T Inhibitors and Their Intra-Relationships Influencing the Adoption of Stabilised Earth Construction to Alleviate the Urban Housing Crisis in Zimbabwe %A Mohammad Sharif Zami %J Open Access Library Journal %V 1 %N 5 %P 1-11 %@ 2333-9721 %D 2014 %I Open Access Library %R 10.4236/oalib.1100899 %X
Stabilised earth is an alternative building material which is
comparatively cheaper than conventional building material in Zimbabwe. However,
there are inhibitors which make it unpopular amongst the Zimbabwean construction
professionals and general population, though it has a high potential to
alleviate the urban housing crisis. This paper aims to identify and highlight
these inhibitors and refines them through a series of in-depth interviews.
First, a critical literature review method is adopted in this paper to identify
the inhibitors influencing the adoption of this building material to address
the urban housing crisis and second, the identified inhibitors are refined
through the in-depth interview method to determine those influencing the
widespread adoption of stabilised earth as a construction material to address
urban housing crisis in Zimbabwe.