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Recommendations from Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Project applied to domestic buildings in Bangladesh.
This paper describes the management of disaster relief post the Orissa Cyclone.
This paper looks at the ways in which housing schemes should be devised.
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;...
Evidence from the field of strong wind-prone areas indicates that there is a socially perceived need of more engineering knowledge and improved construction of domestic dwellings.
Introduction to proceedings of the first international Housing & Hazards workshop to explore practical building for safety solutions. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 3-5 December 1996.
Significant increases in load carrying capacity of brick masonry columns is possible through encasement in ferrocement plaster. This paper presents the test results performed on thirty-two axially...
This document describes the use of bamboo as a flexible and affordable building material for inhabitants living below the poverty line in Bangladesh.