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Don't tear it down! : preserving the earthquake resistant vernacular architecture of Kashmir

By: Publication details: UNESCO New Delhi 2009Description: xii,139,ipISBN:
  • 9788189218201
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DDC classification:
  • 720.288 LAN
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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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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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