Reducing earthquake risk to non‐engineered buildings in Indonesia

Winarno, Setya; Griffith, Alan; Stephenson, Paul

doi:10.1108/14714171011083588

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“…While incorporating countermeasures against several risks and their impacts, vernacular technologies are developed and found across the world. The performance of Dhajji-dewari, Nias, Himis, LambanTuha, Pombalino, Newari Chhen, Casa Baracada, Bhungas, Batak, Lombok, Tasikmalaya, among others during past events has proven the efficacy of vernacular houses (Boen 2001;Decanini et al 2004;Gulkan and Langenbach 2004;Bothara et al 2007;Winarno et al 2008;Amirrol 2010;Gautam 2014, Ortega et al 2015Gautam and Rodrigues 2015). In this regard cultural aspects and local resource led economic and appropriate constructions are incorporated in most of the indigenous settlements.…”

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Disaster resilient vernacular housing technology in Nepal

Gautam¹,

Prajapati

Paterno

et al. 2016

Geoenviron Disasters

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Background: Disasters like earthquakes and flood cause enormous loss of lives and property in Nepal frequently. However, during such events particular types of houses are found to be more resilient than common types of housing stocks. This paper outlines the disaster resilient vernacular housing technologies in two of the physiographic regions of Nepal. The vernacular houses are analyzed in terms of their performance and shortcomings during earthquake and flood disasters and found to be technologically resilient in many aspects of impending disasters in Nepal distributed within the physiographic regions. Using the comparative case study approach, field visits and non-structured interviews with local people, the resilient features in terms of construction technology of vernacular houses are identified in this study and the preliminary findings are highlighted as observed during the field visits without numerical modeling and analysis. The seismic performance of Rajbanshi, Gurung and Magar houses in Nepal during 1934Nepal during , 1988Nepal during and 2015 earthquakes is presented in order to justify the performance of these particular housing stocks. Results: The vernacular construction technology in Terai is found to be technologically resilient in terms of floods and earthquakes, and earthquake resistant technologies are identified in the dwellings of the western mid-hill of Nepal. The traditional Rajbanshi houses in eastern Nepal are found to be resilient in terms of earthquake and flood disasters and the Gurung and Magar houses in western mid hills are found to be resilient in terms of earthquake disaster. The statistical distribution of housing stocks is presented and survival scenario is discussed with regard to specific building features. Apart from this, the field reconnaissance after Gorkha earthquake in western Nepal shows better performance of buildings with identified features in comparison to common housing stocks in neighborhoods.

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Disaster resilient vernacular housing technology in Nepal

Gautam¹,

Prajapati

Paterno

et al. 2016

Geoenviron Disasters

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Promoting Humanitarian Engineering Approaches for Earthquake-Resilient Housing in Indonesia

Pribadi

Abduh

Kusumaningrum

et al. 2023

Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies

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Indonesia is an earthquake-prone country. In many earthquakes, the housing sector suffers the most damage. Repairing and rebuilding houses is often the most expensive part of post-disaster recovery, placing a burden on the government. Standards and guidelines for earthquake-resilient houses exist, yet houses continue to be damaged in earthquake events. Although Indonesia has numerous engineers, both experienced and newly qualified, only a few are interested in pursuing and identifying affordable solutions to the housing problems caused by earthquakes that are sustainable and resilient. Moreover, people are unaware of and unable to implement the proposed and promoted solutions. With many people living in earthquake-prone areas with little access to affordable and appropriate technology, the challenge facing Indonesia today is to produce more engineers who have the level of sensitivity, empathy, and passion required to address this great humanitarian need. The promotion of humanitarian engineering to provide appropriate solutions must start early on in higher engineering education.

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Reducing earthquake risk to non‐engineered buildings in Indonesia

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Disaster resilient vernacular housing technology in Nepal

Disaster resilient vernacular housing technology in Nepal

Promoting Humanitarian Engineering Approaches for Earthquake-Resilient Housing in Indonesia

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