In India a majority of houses are built without the help of engineers or architects. The actual builders, namely the masons and contractors, and at times even the engineers possess inadequate know-how of designing cost effective hazard resistant construction, basic rules of good quality and details about the disaster resisting features. As a result it has been seen that the buildings perform poorly against natural hazards of earthquakes, cyclones and floods ...
Vulnerability Atlas of India: Earthquake, Windstorm and Flood Hazard Maps and Damage Risk to Housing, 1997
It is well known that the collapse or severe damage to buildings during the occurrence of natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones and floods is the main cause for loss of lives of people and cattle and misery of the survivors. To minimize damage and disastrous impact therefore, mitigation strategy has to be focused on the safety of buildings for the safety of their occupants. The first step to prepare a worthwhile strategy towards disaster reduction is to ...
