TY  - GEN
AU  - Langenbach, Randolph
TI  - Don't tear it down! : preserving the earthquake resistant vernacular architecture of Kashmir
SN  - 9788189218201
U1  - 720.288 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - UNESCO
KW  -  
N1  - 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
ER  -