Handbook on Good Building Design and Construction
This Handbook is made to provide simple information to house owners, house designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on whether to repair or rebuild damaged houses. The descriptions are followed by a code of minimum standards for construction of houses in Aceh and Nias Islands.
- Source(s): United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
- Year: 2007
- Language(s): English
- Disaster Type: Tsunami
- Country: Indonesia
- Disaster: Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004
- Theme: Shelter/Housing