Don't tear it down! : preserving the earthquake resistant vernacular architecture of Kashmir
Langenbach, Randolph
Don't tear it down! : preserving the earthquake resistant vernacular architecture of Kashmir - New Delhi UNESCO 2009 - xii,139,ip.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIII
INTRODUCTION 1
1. KASHMIR'S EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION 5
2. AN INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS OF
EARTHQUAKE SAFETY 21
3. WHY IT WORKS: TAQ AND DHAJJI DEWARI IN EARTHQUAKES 37
4. THE REPAIR AND STRENGTHENING OF TAQ AND
DHAJJI DEWARI BUILDINGS 65
5. TAQ AND DHAJJI DEWARI VS. REINFORCED CONCRETE:
TRADITIONAL IS MODERN 97
APPENDIX I: THE KATHMANDU, NEPAL COMPARISON 122
APPENDIX 2: GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 125
FOOTNOTES 131
SOURCES AND REFERENCES 133
INDEX 137
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Don't tear it down! : preserving the earthquake resistant vernacular architecture of Kashmir - New Delhi UNESCO 2009 - xii,139,ip.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIII
INTRODUCTION 1
1. KASHMIR'S EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION 5
2. AN INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS OF
EARTHQUAKE SAFETY 21
3. WHY IT WORKS: TAQ AND DHAJJI DEWARI IN EARTHQUAKES 37
4. THE REPAIR AND STRENGTHENING OF TAQ AND
DHAJJI DEWARI BUILDINGS 65
5. TAQ AND DHAJJI DEWARI VS. REINFORCED CONCRETE:
TRADITIONAL IS MODERN 97
APPENDIX I: THE KATHMANDU, NEPAL COMPARISON 122
APPENDIX 2: GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 125
FOOTNOTES 131
SOURCES AND REFERENCES 133
INDEX 137
9788189218201
720.288 / LAN