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The study aims to investigate the process leading to the vulnerable housing pattern of th elow income rural and urban community
Guidelines in Bengali, on how to construct houses in the Coastal Belt of Bangladesh.
This paper deals specifically with issues pertaining to the improvement of kutcha housing (that is, houses made from bamboo, thatch and mud in which most of the population lives) in bangladesh....
A recent study (Ashfaque, 1997) reviews some of the low cost houses being constructed in Bangladesh and finds out the structural deficiencies in them. Also the structural performance of bamboo has...
Although Bangladesh is one of the most hazard -prone areas of the world, few people outside the main cities live in homes that protect them against those hazards. This paper reviews the present...
Description of process in evaluating the vulnerability of Quito's schools to earthquakes; designing affordable means of strengthening a sample of those schools; and strengthening the sample...
Design and construction of houses to resist natural hazards in Bangladesh, particularly in relation to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.
Discussion on Grameen bank's experiences with providing credit to enable low-income families to pay for housing improvements and on the model house.
Discussion on section 1 (Design and Construction Technologies) and section 2 (Dissemination and Implementation) with noted from field visits to National House Building Research Institute, Dhaka;...
Dr Muhammed Yunus launched an action-research Program in 1976 to extend banking facilities to the poor and to eliminate exploitation by moneylenders. By creating opportunities for self-employment...