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dc.contributor.author Dev, KN
dc.contributor.author Ramadevi, N
dc.contributor.author Manapure, N
dc.date.accessioned 2018-01-22T19:48:18Z
dc.date.available 2018-01-22T19:48:18Z
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13019
dc.description.abstract Good traditional practices in building construction practice are being ignored today and are looked down upon as the ‗houses of the poor‘. Many traditional built typologies have got erased in the course of time due to lack of support by expert and the government. There is an urgent need to establish that disaster resilient development are possible to build using available skills, techniques and materials that fulfill modern lifestyle and current aspiration. Due to changing aspirations, affordability and availability, RCC plus brick use in buildings is an increasing trend which form a large part of the rural and urban built environment of the India‘s north eastern state of Assam. This study aims to highlight the potential of indigenous building practices suitable for a disaster resilient development for the vulnerable state of Assam, very often distressed by natural disasters. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Disaster, earthquakes, floods, indigenous settlements, resilient en_US
dc.title Disaster resilient housing of Assam : a case study en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.year 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 9th International Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU) - 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 126 - 142 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Building the Future – sustainable and resilient environments en_US
dc.identifier.email kankana.dev@manipal.edu en_US
dc.identifier.email nandineni.rd@manipal.edu en_US
dc.identifier.email nishant.hm@manipal.edu en_US


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