A ‘Socially Responsive’ House Plan as a ‘Disaster Preparedness’ Module
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2011
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Shelter is the basic requirement of human beings. In
these days of unprecedented disasters the^need for disaster resistance
and management assumes prime importat^ce. The tsunami that struck
the coasts of Tamil Nadu in INDIA oas taught a great lesson.
Massive destruction in terms of lost lives, washing a>«'ay of houses
and belongings was witnessed. Globally a;> a management prerogative
construction of disaster resistant dwellin;^ being recommended, an
earnest effort to develop a disaster resist mt and socially responsive
(user- friendly) model of a house was drifted. The paper elaborates
on the same.