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This manual is mainly put together to help deal with working out inexpensive, effective and acceptable housing schemes for the homeless families in Kerala. Perhaps much of the content of the...
This report is a preliminary briefing of our findings on the effects of the earthquake on the people, structures, and country of Turkey. EQE is in the process of collecting and compiling more data...
The German Timber Promotion Fund (the central marketing institution of the German forestry and wood processing industries) began an initiative to explore feasible uses of timber constructions...
This guide looks at the use of bamboo as a building material. Topics includes: botanical classification, harvesting, storage and drying, the properties of bamboo, the working of bamboo, treatment...
Describes some of the practical considerations when building walls with stabilised soil and is available through the Janathakshan website developed by Practical Action South Asia. This technology...
"The use of American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS), aka, drones, to attack targets in Pakistan has become a source of great controversy in Pakistan. There have been public protests against...
Article 25 were appointed to assist with the design and construction of a new children's home including accommodation for 25-30 children and 4 carers. Surrounding area to be used as farmland...
This presentation highlights the properties of bamboo as a potential building / design / construction / engineering material. It explores the physical anatomy of bamboo, its structural and...
The Humanitarian Yellow Pages is a Non-for-profit initiative developed by EMBA Studens of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Social Entrepreneurs in...
Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century and A Summaryfor Policy Makers were researched and written by a team led by Abhas K. Jha (Task Team Leader,...