Inhibitors of adopting stabilised earth construction to address urban low cost housing crisis: An understanding by construction professionals

Abstract

Stabilised earth is an alternative building material which is comparatively cheaper than conventional building material in the construction of urban low cost housing. In addition, stabilised earth construction reduces CO2 emission and is environmentally sustainable. Despite all the benefits of this building material there are potential inhibitors which make stabilised earth construction unpopular among the construction professionals. This article aims to identify and highlight these inhibitors from the literature in the light of its use on site, performance, image in the societies and cultures and validates through a structured research method. First, a critical literature review method is adopted in this article to investigate and identify the inhibitors influencing the adoption of this building material to address urban low cost housing crisis and second, the identified inhibitors is validated through a Delphi technique.