The LIFT House: An amphibious strategy for sustainable and affordable housing for the urban poor in flood-prone Bangladesh

Bangladesh is known for two things: poverty and floods. It is a delta country burdened with draining large amounts of water from surrounding countries and a heavy monsoon season that have caused numerous severe floods with large scale destruction throughout the country. Rapid urbanization and migrat...

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Main Author: Prosun, Prithula
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5787