This is all really useful,but unfortunately shows how crucial things learned
years ago have not been taken up by governments etc...
I understand that one of the problems in the KAshmir/Karakorum and related
regions is a serious shortage of trees! Timber would have to be brought in
from quite some distance.
In an evaluation of the Karakoram region years ago, I seem to remember Ian
Davis also suggesting that there is a problem with the shortage of carpenters
and the decline of knowledge of safer building techniques in that region.
Might this also apply to Kashmir?
On a more positive note, last year I heard in Colombia that there had been
successful trials using bamboo in earthquake-proof construction, to achieve
the flexibility that James mentions. But no idea if it has been taken up
widely...
Terry Cannon
Quoting James Lewis <[log in to unmask]>:
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> I have been away for most of this week having a look at some of the
> flood-prone areas of the UK, hence this delayed response to
> reconstruction issues in Kashmir. It might make things easier to add
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