Scarcity of water for human needs i§ prevalent throughout the world today. Thus, many methods are being suggested to increase water supply; one alternative being rainwater harvesting. Rainwater harvesting is an ancient ...

Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. Almost every year, natural disasters in one kind or another, cause huge loss of life and substantial damage to infrastructure, housing, agriculture ...

This research focuses on the living adaptability of Tai-Phuan Ethnic whose original settlement was in Xieng Khouang, The Lao PDR. Two hundred years ago, a large number of Tai-Phuan Ethnic had migrated to the Central ...

An Otla is a vernacular element that occurs in some traditional Gujarati homes. It has many variations known by many names in other parts of India, but generally performs the same function: it marks the transition ...

In semiotics, nature exists and gets transformed in four stages: stage zero being wilderness, one, interpreting, identifying, describing, nature two, material interpretation, translation, and production of nature, and ...

The genius loci of vernacular architecture allows one to understand the intimate relationship which folk buildings establish with the site by responding to local environmental conditions. In its numberless expressions, ...

The physical geography of the central region of Thailand is mostly the alluvium plain caused by sediment from alluvium. This kind of plateau is large, but not too high from the sea level, which is always flooded. Streams ...

The upheaval of forced displacement and the more arduous task of resettlement have been known to give rise to a whole spectrum of unprecedented problems and challenges, for all actors involved. Although forced displacements ...

Baduy traditional community consists of two groups, namely Inner Baduy and Outer Baduy. Inner Baduy people live in the restricted villages Cibeo, Cikertawana and Cikeusik, Banten province, Indonesia. They have a mystical ...

This paper concerns the so-called "catamarans" often considered archetypal Sri Lankan craft. These are of great antiquity although their age can only be guessed. The vernacular form evolved from the available bio-resources ...