Habitat
Habitat is a fundamental human need. People require protection from the elements, somewhere to raise families, somewhere to work from and land to call their own. Yet 20% of the world's population are either homeless or live in very poor housing. The majority of them are the extreme poor in developing countries. Poor families in these countries are forced to improvise, either because building materials are too costly or because good building land is too expensive.
Engineers Without Borders UK work to date:
Placements:
- PRODECI: A volunteer's blog documenting his design and construction of built infrastructure placement in Ecuador in 2007
- PRODECI: A volunteer's casestudy documenting his design and construction of built infrastructure placement in Ecuador in 2007
- ACTED: A volunteer's blog documenting his disaster relief reduction placement in Indonesia in 2009
- REDES: A volunteer's casestudy documenting his investigating into housing and sanitation in rural communities placement in El Salvador in 2009
- Shelter Associates: A volunteer's blog documenting her GIS mapping placement in India in 2009
Research:
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Structural analysis of geodesic domes - Marek Kubik
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Bamboo housing in Pabal - Jaspreet Grewal
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Extending the collapse time of non-engineered masonry buildings under seismic loading - J Macabuag and S Bhattacharya
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A critical review of retrofitting methods for unreinforced masonry structures - A Smith and T Redman
Current opportunities with Engineers Without Borders UK:
Placements:
Research:
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Structural analysis of a geodesic dome
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Cooler housing in hot climates
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Bamboo as a structural component
Other interesting links:
(If there are other things that you would like to see on this page then contact us)
| Attachment | Size |
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| Marek Kubik report.pdf | 3.65 MB |
| Zareen Sethna report.pdf | 1017.65 KB |
| Jaspreet Grewal report.pdf | 1.56 MB |
| Paul Jaquin report.pdf | 981.57 KB |
| Macabuag Bhattacharya report.pdf | 3.09 MB |
| Smith Redman report.pdf | 618.78 KB |
| Laura Smith report.pdf | 746.79 KB |
