Rebuilding after an earthquake
Additional Information Resources
Practical Action
Earthquake-resistant Housing, Practical Action Technical Brief,
Permanent Shelter For Housing Infrastructure And Services Design - Planning Process,
Practical Action Technical Brief
Rebuilding Homes and Livelihoods, Practical Action Technical Brief
Transitional Shelter: Essential criteria to be met, Practical Action Technical Brief
Earthquake Protection (2nd ed), by Andrew Coburn & Robin Spence, Wiley Blackwell,
2002
Handbook on Good Building Design and Construction, Aceh and Nias Islands,
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) & United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, 2007,
Practical Action, South Asia, Guidelines for Planning in the Re-building Process –
Resource pack, January, 2004,
EPC (Environmental Planning Collaborative) / TCG International / FIRE-D (Indo-US
Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion) Project, Participatory Planning Guide for
Post-disaster Reconstruction, January 2004, (case studies of reconstruction following
2001 Gujarat earthquake in India covering planning and experiences)
After the Tsunami, Sustainable Building Guidelines for South-East Asia, UNEP SBCI
(United Nations Environmental Programme – Sustainable Buildings and Construction
Initiative) & SKAT (Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development), 2007,
Adapting Traditional Shelter for Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction: Experiences
with community-based approaches, by Theo Schilderman, Building Research &
Information, September / October 2004, Vol 32 No. 5, pp. 414-426
Earthquake Protection for Poor People’s Houses, by Theo Schilderman, Appropriate
Technology, Vol. 17 No. 1, 1990, pp. 17-20
Criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures, Bureau of Indian Standards, IS
1893: 1984; provides guidelines on design in zones of different seismic risk in India.
Other relevant Indian Standards include:
o Code of practice for earthquake resistant design and construction of buildings,
IS 4326; 1993
o Improving earthquake resistance of earthen buildings – Guidelines, IS 13827:
1993
o Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings – Guidelines,
IS 13828: 1993
o Guidelines for repair and seismic strengthening of buildings, IS 13935: 1993
Guidelines for Improving Earthquake Resistance of Housing, produced in India by the
Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC),
Guidelines for Building
Technical Principles of Building for Safety, Andrew Coburn, R. Hughes, A. Pomonis and
R. Spence, Practical Action Publishing, 1995.
Building with Stone and Earth Part 1 & 2, Practical Action Technical Brief
Seismic Resistant Housing, Pakistan, Article 25, [Online]
Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Construction of Non-Engineered Houses,
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), Pakistan, 2006
Shelter Centre Library website
Earthen/Adobe Construction
Small-scale Manufacture of Stabilized Soil Blocks, ILO; 1987.
Architecture for the Poor, H. Fathy, University of Chicago, USA, 1973.
Earth Construction: A Comprehensive Guide, Hugo Houben and Hubert Guillaud,
Practical Action Publishing, 1994
Earth Masonry: Design and Construction Guidelines, Tom Morton, 2008
Making Stabilised Soil Blocks, Practical Action [Online]
Galvanised Wire Reinforcement Technology: Earthquake Reinforcement for Non-
Engineered Stone and Earth Constructions, Sjoerd Nienhuys Huys Advies, 2006
Timber Reinforced Masonry
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