Resource List: Windstorms

ASCE 7-98: Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (2000)
American Society of Civil Engineers

Design Guide for School Safety against Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds (2004)
By FEMA

Cyclone-Resistant Rural Primary School Construction – A Design Guide (1977)
Educational Building Report 7. UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia, Bangkok

Guidelines for Prevision Against Wind in Hospitals and Health Centers

Development, Vulnerability and Disaster Reduction: Bangladesh Cyclone Shelter Projects and Their Implications (1997)
Chapter 4 in Reconstruction After Disaster: Issues and Practices Awotona, Adenrele:
Ed Ashgate. ISBN 1-85972-551-1
By James Lewis

Battling the Storm – Study on Cyclone Resistant Housing (2008)
By Haq Bashirul

Cyclone Resistant School Buildings for Bangladesh: Report on Country Training (1990)
UNESCO, Bangkok

Typhoon Resistant School Buildings for Vietnam (1987)
UNESCO, Bangkok

Cyclone Resistant Rural Primary School Construction – A Design Guide (1977)
UNESCO

Community Wind Shelters: Background and Research

Guidelines for Design and Construction of Cyclone/Tsunami Shelters (2006)
Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India

The people of Aceh: Aceh & Nias Post Tsunami Reconstruction: Review of Aceh Housing Program (2006)
ARUP

Wind Resistance of Non-Engineered Housing
A.M.M.T Anwar

Hurricane Retrofit Guide - Features and Equipment

Disaster-Resistant Schools: A Tool for Universal Primary Education
Development Intervention Fund, Madagascar

Is your Home Protected from Hurricane Disaster? A Homeowner’s Guide to Hurricane Retrofitting (2002)
The Institute for Business & Home Safety