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About BMTPC The Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council BMTPC is an interministerial autonomous organisation functioning under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing Urban Poverty Alleviation Government of India BMTPC has been on the forefront of national effort of disaster mitigation and preparedness Vulnerability Atlas of India and Landslide Hazard Zonation of India brought out by BMTPC have served as important tools for safety against natural hazards for planners and decision makers Guidelines brochures pamphlets etc have been published for Improving Earthquake and Cyclone Wind Resistant Housing These Guidelines have been found useful by design construction professionals particularly those involved in construction of buildings and retrofitting and the house owners in general The Council is also involved in construction of low cost disaster resistant model houses and retrofitting of existing buildings The Council is helping State UT Govts in modifications of their Building Byelaws About DEQ IIT ROORKEE One week Short Continue to download »
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EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT HOUSING A Wood Frame Building Performance Fact Sheet One of the proven features of Canadian woodframe construction is its excellent life safety performance in earthquakes Compared to other forms of house construction a platform frame wood house is one of the safest places to be in a quake In the past fifty years our understanding of the risks posed by earthquakes and our ability to survive them have improved But at the same time soaring populations and growing urban densities have increased humanity s earthquake risk An earthquake is a sudden release of energy from the motion of geologic plates Some parts of the world such as the west coast of North America are high risk areas Buildings there must resist strong earthquake forces These forces depend on the strength of the quake how far away it originated what type of geological event caused the earthquake and the geology immediately adjacent to a given building Each structure with its own unique set of characteristics such as stiffness and strength reacts differently to earthquake 
Built to Resist Earthquakes The Path to Quality Seismic Design and Construction Briefing Paper 1 Briefing Paper 1 Building Safety and Earthquakes Part C Earthquake Resisting Systems Introduction This Briefing Paper 1 Building Safety and Earthquakes consists of four parts describing earthquakes and their effects on buildings Parts A and B describe the causes of earthquakes and resulting ground motions and explain how earthquake motions create various forces acting on a building This Part C describes the types of structural systems and lateral force resisting elements used in buildings and how they can be used in combinations Part D discusses the load path of earthquake forces within buildings Structural Systems Defined The Uniform Building Code UBC earthquake provisions define three basic types of building structural systems bearing wall systems building frame systems and momentresisting frame systems Bearing wall systems consist of vertical loadcarrying walls located along exterior wall lines and at interior locations as necessary 
Nanoforum Report Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food May 2006 Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food A Nanoforum report available for download from www nanoforum org Tiju Joseph and Mark Morrison Institute of Nanotechnology May 2006 1 Introduction 2 1 1 What is Nanotechnology 2 1 2 Nanotechnology in the Food Market 2 2 Nanotechnology in Agriculture 4 2 1 Precision Farming 4 2 2 Smart Delivery Systems 5 2 3 Other Developments in the Agricultural Sector due to Nanotechnology 6 3 Nanotechnology in the Food Industry 7 3 1 Packaging and Food Safety 7 3 2 Food Processing 10 4 Conclusions 12 Further Reading 13 About Nanoforum 14 1 Introduction The current global population is nearly 6 billion with 50 living in Asia A large proportion of those living in developing countries face daily food shortages as a result of environmental impacts or political instability while in the developed world there is a food surplus For developing countries the drive is to develop drought and pest resistant crops which also maximize 
