Building a Hazard-Resistant House: A Common Mans Guide
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788187966814
Length
xi+88p., Col. Illustrations; Col. Maps; 28cm.
Subjects
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 ...
