Resource List: Hazard Resistant Vernacular Design And Alternative Building Materials

Preventing Pancake Collapses: Lessons from Earthquake-Resistant Traditional Construction for Modern Buildings of Reinforced Concrete (2005)
By Randolph Langenbach

Vernacular Housing Construction
By Mauro Sassu, University of Pisa, Italy

Building with Bamboo: A Handbook (2nd Edition)
By Jules J.A. Janssen (*Book ISBN 9781853392030)

Thatching: A Handbook
By Nicolas Hall (*Book ISBN 9781853390609)

Building with Earth: A Handbook (1986)
By John Norton Intermediate Technology Publications, Practical Action, London.

The Use of Selected Indigenous Building Materials with Potential for Wide Application in Developing Countries
By HABITAT, 1985

Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned from Experiences in the Asia-Pacific Region (2008)
By ISDR

Indigenous Construction Technologies in Flood Prone Areas of Western Kenya
By S.K. Makhanu, S.B.B. Oteng’i, S.S. China, G. W. Waswa, M.N. Masibo, G.W.B. Masinde

Disaster Resistant Construction for Traditional Bush Houses: A handbook of guidelines (1988)
By Charles Boyle Australian Overseas Disaster Response Organisation. Sydney
ISBN 0958924988

Woodless Construction; Unstabilised Earth Brick Vault and Dome Roofing without Formwork
By John Norton

Rural Architecture

The Snake and the River don’t Run Straight: Local Knowledge on Disaster Preparedness in the Eastern Terai of Nepal (2007)

Manual de Constucción, Evaluación y Rehabiltación Sismo-Resistente en Viviendas de Mamposteria (2001)
Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sísmica - LA RED

Manual para la Rehabilitación de Viviendas Construidas en Adobe y Tapia Pisada (2005)
Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sísmica Presidencia de la República – Red de Solidaridad

Manual de Construccion Sismo-Resistente de Vivienda en Bahareque Encenmentado (2001)
Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sísmica – LA RED

Manual de Evaluación, Rehabilitación y Refuerzo de Viviendas de Bahareques Tradicionales Construídas con Anterioridad de la Vigencia del Decreto
Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sísmica Presidencia de la República – Red de Solidaridad