Within a period of a decade, Baan Mankong Programme (BMP) has been a critical topic of discourse as for urban poor housing scenario in Thailand. This paper unveils the contribution of Income Generation Space (IGS) on the BMP, tools to get IGS, clarifies the categorization of IGS in the BMP as well as pinpoints the imperative factors which help for the IGS enhancement strategy. IGS houses are clarified and made categorizations to unveil the contribution of IGS and trends of spatial utilization of a practical urban poor housing case, Tawanmai community in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The imperative factors for IGS enhancement strategy consist of chronological change, dwellers keenness, dwellers occupation, gender implication, household maneuver system, dwellers education level, as well as transportation issue.

Cement roof-tile in Okinawa had a great impact on the formation of the Okinawan landscape. This cement roof-tile was brought from Taiwan and produced mainly in Nago City, Okinawa, and spread widely throughout Okinawa. However, Currently, cement roof-tile is not being produced. The purpose of this study is to investigate the situation of cement roof-tile in Nago City and to clarify the vicissitudes of cement roof-tile and their uses in building components. The results of the survey showed that cement roof-tile use was on the decline. However, the survey also revealed that cement roof-tile is used in distinctive ways.

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