World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE)

an Encyclopedia of Housing Construction in Seismically Active Areas of the World

 

hosted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and

    the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE)


Goals

To share knowledge on housing construction practices

To encourage use of earthquake-resistant technologies

To develop guidelines & technical resources for improving seismically vulnerable construction

To offer services & technical support to communities across the world on earthquake resistant housing technologies

 

 

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RC Frame Tutorial Translated into Bahasa Indonesian thanks to the hard work of WHE Editorial Board members Sugeng Wijanto and Takim Andriono: View by clicking on Tutorials
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Risk Management Solutions to support Confined Masonry Network
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