@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10004142,
	  title     = {A Comparative Study of Afghan Traditional and Contemporary Courtyard Housing Regarding Affordable Planning and Sustainability},
	  author    = {Mohammad Saraj Sharifzai and  Keisuke Kitagawa and  Mohammad Kamil Halimee and  Javid Habib and  Daishi Sakaguchi},
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	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {The purpose of this research is to upgrade a pleasing, sustainable and safe shelter in the Afghan urban community. It also aims to maintain traditional housing, which is fitted to its environment, while attempting to upgrade it with new, traditional standards. The three main objectives of this study are to upgrade the traditional courtyard house to become safe and sustainable today and tomorrow; to fit the contemporary house environmentally and culturally, and to suppress or reduce the broad gap between traditional and contemporary housing. The paper tries to exhibit and analyze the sustainably best practices available in both traditional and contemporary courtyard housing in Afghanistan. For instance, the use of thick walls and Tawa-Khana (floor heating system) shows the best sustainable practice in that context.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Architectural and Environmental Engineering},
	  volume    = {10},
	  number    = {3},
	  year      = {2016},
	  pages     = {412 - 417},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10004142},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/111},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 111, 2016},
	}