Guidelines for earthquake resistant non-engineered construction

This revised edition of the 1986 "Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction" retains the guidelines in their original form except for some minor editorial changes and modifications in the data tables. This edition also draws on recent research, adding more building types and good practices, to promote the construction of safer non-engineered buildings.

The material included in the book should be useful to people at various levels concerned with earthquake disaster mitigation through the construction of safe housing for and by the masses. The non-engineered buildings considered in the book are those which are spontaneously and informally constructed in various countries in the traditional manner without any or little intervention by qualified architects and engineers in their design.

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