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 Handbook for building homes of earthTable of contentsForeword
Chapter 1: Introduction - Types of earth houses
Chapter 2: Soils - And what can be done with themChapter 3: Stabilization of soilsChapter 4: Where to buildChapter 5: FoundationsChapter 6: Lightweight roofsChapter 7: Preparing the soilChapter 8: Making adobe blocksChapter 9: Making pressed earth blocksChapter 10: Making walls with earth blocksChapter 11: Making rammed earth walls
 
Chapter 12: Roofs for earth housesChapter 13: FloorsChapter 14: Surface coatingsSuggested referencesAppendix
Handbook for building homes of earth
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
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 INFORMATION COLLECTION & EXCHANGEREPRINT R-34September 1981INFORMATION COLLECTION & EXCHANGEPeace Corps' Information Collection & Exchange (ICE) was established so that the strategies and technologiesdeveloped by Peace Corps Volunteers, their co-workers, and their counterparts could be made available to thewide range of development organization and individual workers who might find them useful. Training guides,curricula, lesson plans, project reports, manuals and other Peace Corps-generated materials developed in the fieldare collected and reviewed. Some are reprinted "as is"; others provide a source of field based information for theproduction of manuals or for research in particular program areas. Materials that you submit to the InformationCollection & Exchange thus become part of the Peace Corps' larger contribution to development.Information about ICE publications and services is available through:The Peace Corps Internet Web Site address:http://www.peacecorps.govPlease note the new Peace Corps Mailing Address from July 1998 on is:ICE/ Peace Corps1111 20th Street N.W.Washington, DC 20526USA
 
 
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This report was prepared for the Agency for International Development 
 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTOFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSWASHINGTON, D. C. 20410
Table of contents
ForewordChapter 1: Introduction - Types of earth housesChapter 2: Soils - And what can be done with themChapter 3: Stabilization of soilsChapter 4: Where to buildChapter 5: FoundationsChapter 6: Lightweight roofsChapter 7: Preparing the soilChapter 8: Making adobe blocksChapter 9: Making pressed earth blocksChapter 10: Making walls with earth blocksChapter 11: Making rammed earth wallsChapter 12: Roofs for earth housesChapter 13: FloorsChapter 14: Surface coatingsSuggested references
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