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Stone Masonry House : Rubble stone without/with mud/lime/cement mortar
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 report is looking at housing typologies in Bangladesh, with a focus on myud houses. In Bangladesh, a mud house is one of the traditional housing types that are used by poor families mainly in...
This report was commissioned to examine the status, issues and challenges, strengths and weaknesses of Disaster Risk Assessment (DRA) in Mozambique and to recommend ways of implementing a National...
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...
This assessment is second part in the process with an objective to strengthen the quality of reconstruction and provide independent feed back on gaps and weaknesses in the Tsunami Reconstruction...
This report presents results from a pilot survey conducted as part of InterAction’s ...
Paper on seismic hazard and structural safety evaluation in Beira and Chimoio (Mozambique), since these cities were identified as being relatively close to potential seismic faults. Several...
With regards to taking part in disaster management of Merapi Volcano Eruption, USAID through ESP has conducted a quick assessment from May 15-18 to identify problems of clean water, sanitation,...
Fact sheet on food security, access to land and water. It covers policy and legislation and integrated water resource management.