The project involved the setting up of production facilities to supply communities reconstructing themselves two villages after the Dec. 26 – 2005 Asian Tsunami in Nam Khem Phangna Province of Thailand.
The village design used guidelines for ecological tropical villages developed by UNEP-RRC.AP where treatment of grey waste-water is done through sub-terra purification.
The houses were built by the community members themselves working under mutual-aid techniques. The community was trained through a series of sessions corresponding to each phase of construction (foundation, walls, floors, roof and services). The budget for the materials and labour for each houses was 4,000 and 1,000 Euros respectively.
The housing project was funded by the European Commission and the Rotary Club of Thailand while the production of building materials by the town of Cuxhaven.
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Dear B. Lefebvre,
I am currently studying a PhD at the Department of Architecture, Cambridge University with Professor Robin Spence and Keiko Saito. The PhD forms part of the RECOVERY project at the Centre for Risk in the Built Environment (CURBE).
The main objective of the research is to develop a series of indicators that will allow aid agencies and funding bodies to monitor RECOVERY after major disasters. We are currently using both the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the 2004 Thailand Tsunami as two case studies. The project has received full backing from organizations, such as the World Bank and ARUP.
We are particularly interested in the use of high resolution Satellite Imagery acquired throughout the recovery period.
One of our case studies will focus on the fishing village of Ban Nam Khem in Thailand. I therefore wanted to ask if you may have any further information available regarding these constructions, including their approximate location, how many families do they house etc?
Any help you could provide regarding this issue would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards
Daniel BSc MSc
Centre for Risk in the Built Environment (CURBE)
Cambridge University
dmb56@cam.ac.uk