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Traditional raised bamboo houses to cater to floods

Location

Place : India
 
Country : Lakhimpur
 
Region : South Asia
 
 
 

Hazard

Primary : Flood

Typology of Heritage

Vernaclar Built Heritage

Aspect of Disaster Management

Mitigation

Summary

In India, the indigenous people of Assam have constructed traditional houses called chang ghar, which are built on raised platforms made of bamboo and wood. These houses can withstand the annual floods and provide shelter and storage for the people and their livestock

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