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Diagnóstico y pronóstico de las necesidades de vivienda en Honduras 1985-2005: Informe final, febrero de 1986
(Office of Housing and Urban Programs Agency for International Development, 1986-12)
Este informe presenta los resultados del estudio llevado a cabo bajo contrato con la Ofieina Regional de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (RHUDO), de la Agencia Internacional para el Desarrollo (USAID), para estimar los niveles ...
Development of Low-Cost Roofing from Indigenous Materials in Developing Nations
(Agency for International Development United States Department of StateMonsanto Research Corporation, 1975)
This report covers Phase II (May 1974 through September 1975) of a 3-1/2 year research effort to match indigenous fibers and fillers with low cost binders to produce improved roofing for developing countries. The ultimate ...
Selecting Safe Building Sites in Seismically Active Areas of Developing Countries
(INTERTECT, 1975)
Loss of life and property as a result of earthquakes can be significantly reduced through appropriate design and construction of structures on relatively safe sites. Structural-seismic factors, topographic factors, and ...
Siting of Adobe Structures in Earthquake Prone Areas
Adobe and mud structures, used widely for housing in earthquake prone areas throughout the world, will fail, even in the presence of good design and workmanship, if they are built on poor sites. Structural and seismic ...
Background notes on Planning A Continual Housing Project
Following a disaster, AID is often called upon to assist in reconstruction activities by helping to provide new, replacement housing for the disaster victims. In many cases, the victims will not only have suffered the ...
Strategies and Approaches which can be used by Voluntary Agencies to Provide Post Disaster Shelter and Housing
(Appropriate Reconstruction Training and Information Centre, 1977)
An INTERTECT publication reproduced by: Appropriate Reconstruction Training and Information Centre (Artic).
Emergency Logistics
(INTERTECT, 1988)