2 publications

• Published Subscription 20 Apr 2018

  How Selected Areas in Nowshera City (Pakistan) Can Be Made Flood Resilient

  By Abdus Sami

  Abstract: AbstractClimate change and variability is causing more hydro-meteorological risks today than ever before. No individual country can declare itself protected against events like floods, hurricanes, droughts and snowfalls. Pakistan is no different against impacts from these events. 2010 floods in Pakistan have highlighted weaknesses of the systems for dealing with floods, especially in urban areas of Khyber Pakhtun Khwa (KPK) including Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda. At Nowshera, areas north of …

  Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 17–34 Read article →

• Published Subscription 20 Apr 2018

  Vulnerability Reduction through Appropriate Building Designs in Kashmir

  By Abdus Sami

  Abstract: AbstractInfrastructure development and construction of accommodation (residential and nonresidential) with masonry is the oldest and most common technique used throughout the world. Same is followed in the South East Asian countries including Pakistan. Unreinforced masonry (without use of steel for tensile loadings) can withstand gravity loads well because it has good compressive strength but very low or negligible tensile strength. The tensile strength of a joint made with mortar can …

  Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 12–16 Read article →