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Recent devastating losses in earthquakes to housing around the world highlight the need to share information on building construction practices and strengthening technologies. The Earthquake...
Stone Masonry House : Rubble stone without/with mud/lime/cement mortar
This housing report looks at housing typologies in India, with a focus in the timber frame brick house with attic.
This type of house is used for residential purposes. The building type...
This evaluation of the World Bank's experience with natural disasters was done by the Independent Evaluation Group“World Bank at the request of the Bank's Board of Executive Directors....
This housing report is looking at Housing typologies in India, with a focus on a timber-reinforced stone masonry of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.
Despite being...
This housing report looks at housing typologies in India, with a focus on low-strength dressed masonry buildings.
Construction of stone masonry buildings using easily available local...
This housing report looks at housing typologies in Nepal, with a focus on traditional Nawari houses in the Kathmandu Valley.
The traditional newari house is usually of rectangular plan...
Unreinforced Masonry Building : Brick masonry in mud/lime mortar, with vertical posts. This type of housing is found in Kathmandu Valley in urban areas.
This housing report is looking at housing typologies in India, with a focus on the Dhajji Dewari.
The Dhajji Dewari is a traditional building type found in the western Himalayas. . Such...
This housing report looks at housing typologies in Nepal, with a focus on Pillar walaghar. This building type is widely constructed in the urban and semi-urban area of Nepal. It has all the...