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Building block theory - The Building block theory is a political theory of employing development of local administrative autonomous or semi-autonomous units as the basis for a decentralised approach to nation building and unity.
State-Building - State-Building is a book in which Francis Fukuyama advocates a liberal-democratic approach in assisting failed states to re-align themselves with the modern day global community. He further argues that these failed states represent the most significant threat to international stability since they are the remnants of the final stages of self-recognition ...
Earth-bag construction - This alternative-building technique has evolved from historic military bunker construction techniques and temperary flood-control dike building methods. Nadar Khalili is one of the pioneers most associated with this approach.
National CAD Standard - The National CAD Standard is a collaborative effort in the United States between the National Institute of Building Sciences, the American Institute of Architects, and the Construction Specifications Institute, to create a unified approach to the creation and collaboration of building design data, especially using CAD software such as Microstation and AutoCAD.
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