Search resources, channels and events
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...
Vernacular constructions represent a very large share of the built environment. Being, by definition, nonengineered constructions, they are the result of ancient traditions, improved with time as...
Several sources have suggested that current seismic design provisions can improve blast and progressive collapse resistance. To examine this suggestion, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (...
This paper describes the technical and practical aspects and ˜lessons learned' from a recent improved adobe construction project in El Salvador, as well as drawing on field investigations,...
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...
This working paper by Overseas Development Institute (also available in Filipino and Nepali) presents the findings from a pilot research project that investigated...