Improvement of Vernacular Housing in Jamaica to Withstand Hurrricanes and Earthquakes.

Survey of housing in Jamaica and construction techniques/methodologies, to determine design improvements in the construction process and local building materials that could make housing more wind resistant, and to make recommendations for dissemination of information about safter consturciton methods. (52)The digital Cuny Archive was made available in part through funding assistance from USAID.INTERTECT. Study and recommendations prepared for the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C