bamboo for post disaster reconstruction
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BACKGROUND
| Why Bamboo for Reconstruction
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PROJECT Rationale
｜Goal & expected Impacts
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Workshop Objectives
｜ Expected outcomes
Bamboo is as strong as mild steel in tension and as strong as cement in compression.
Bamboo matures in 3-6 years.
It takes 60 days for bamboo to grow 60 feet.
Earthquake resistant properties – e.g. Colombia & Costa Rica
Local, affordable material with low-embodied energy
Why Bamboo
Bamboo Entering the Mainstream
2004: ISO standardsISO 22156:2004 Bamboo –Structural design
ISO 22157-1:2004 Bamboo –Determination of physical and mechanical properties – Part 1: Requirements and
ISO 22157-2:2004 Bamboo –Determination of physical and mechanical properties – Part 2: Laboratory manual
Includes a chapter for design of wood and Guadua Structures
Slide Courtesy of Juan F. Correal, PhD, P.E.Civil Infrastructure and Materials Research Center, Universidad de los Andes
Bamboo Building Codes: Colombia NSR-10
NEW GOVERNMENT SCHOOL APPROVAL - NEPAL
Background
2008 Sichuan Province Earthquake • 5.5 million people left homeless and displaced • 370,000 unemployed & 1.15 million deprived of agricultural production • £17.3 billion in damages - huge demand for re-building materials
INBAR LESSONS FROM SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE
Social ImpactBamboo Value Chains Rebuild Livelihoods
Social ImpactIMPACTS
Livelihoods Reclaimed: 2009-14• 241 Demonstration enterprises set
up/improved• 28 farming cooperatives supported• 50,000 people received technical
assistance, helping them to increase their incomes by over 30%
Funded by:
Damaged natural
environment
CFC Nepal Project Rationale
Reconstruct housing &
infrastructure
Rehabilitate the damaged environment
Industryrevival &
secure income
Devastated local livelihoods
Shortage of construction
materials
CFC Nepal Project Goal and Objective
Expected Economic Impacts
•150 families gain access to housing at a reduced cost of up to 33%
•Bamboo producers increase earning up to 60%
Expected Social Impacts
•At least 5 co-operatives formally supplying bamboo to private sector
•200 people provided with temporary employment via reconstruction
Expected Environmental Impacts
•10 hectares brought under sustainable forest management
Overall Goal: Contribute towards post-disaster, earthquake-resistant reconstruction, renewed local livelihoods, and mountain landscape restoration.
Sept. 2015-April. 2016
Project Partnership
Devastated local livelihoods
Shortage of construction
materials
Funded by:
Partners:
Meeting Objectives
Key Issues
• Raise Awareness about bamboo’s role in reconstruction among key stakeholders
• Learn about other initiatives
• Look for synergies to incorporate CFC project models into larger programmes
