Housing & Hazards

Village Infrastructure to Cope with the Environment

Dhaka and Exeter, Nov 2000

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Millennium Conference

Supported by DFID and the British Council

CONTENTS - SECTION 3

UK Roy, RLP Hodgson & SM Seraj: Experimental study of wind effects on Bangladeshi rural huts

UK Roy, SM Seraj & RLP Hodgson: Pressure distribution characteristics on a typical Bangladeshi rural home

MA Ansary, UK Roy, RLP Hodgson & SM Seraj: Wind tunnel study on external pressure distribution on typical rural home

MK Uddin: A model of calamity-resistant rural hut with ferro-concrete thin shell roof

RLP Hodgson & MJ Heath: The use of geomaterials in hazard-resistant construction

JB Alam: Concept of flood shelter and its planning to cope with flood

JB Alam & KMN Habib: GIS application in disaster management in Bangladesh

MA Ansary & M Sharfuddin: Earthquake hazard scenario in greater Sylhet region

NA Chowdhury & UK Saha: Environment and rural infra-structure study on small scale road-side metal workshops in Faridpur