print email comment close EERI: World Housing Encyclopedia URL: http://www.world-housing.net/ Description: Covers "housing construction types in seismically active areas of the world." Search database by building location, building, rural or urban construction, economic level of inhabitants, building material, type of load-bearing structure, number of stories, seismic vulnerability rating, and other criteria. A hazard map for each country displays areas at greater risk. From the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Author: Greene, Marjorie Publisher: The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Library of Congress Subject Headings: Dwellings -- Design and construction Earthquake resistant design Earthquake zones -- Maps Earthquakes LII Database Information: Record 5694 created by Dana Lubow on 09/29/2002 Last modification on 02/27/2004 Published: 09/29/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5694