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Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design (The Red Book)

Compiled under the patronage of the Department of Housing by the CSIR

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© 2000, CSIR, Pretoria
Reprint 2005

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Chapter	Subject	Size
All	VOLUME 2 (complete)	17834 KB
Index	Cover, contents etc.	177 KB
6	Storm water management	32 KB
6 (a)	Pages 1 - 20	1029 KB
6 (b)	Pages 21 - 40	1509 KB
7	Roads: Geometric design and layout planning	304 KB
8	Roads: Materials and construction	28 KB
8 (a)	Pages 1 – 20	186 KB
8 (b)	Pages 21 - 40	991 KB
8 (c)	Pages 41 - 88	2145 KB
9	Water supply	713 KB
10	Sanitation	859 KB
11	Solid waste management	209 KB
12	Energy	23 KB
12.1	Grid electricity	690 KB
12.2	Other forms of energy	2043 KB