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Code: 12D20105c

M.Tech - I Semester Regular Examinations, April/May 2013

LOW COST HOUSING TECHNIQUES
(Structural Engineering)

Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 60

Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1 (a) Discuss in detail about the existing finance systems in our country.
(b) Justify the role of government as facilitator. Explain the status of housing finance.

2 (a)
(b)
Write about urban land ceiling and regulation act.

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Mention the different approaches and strategies for housing urban poor in detail.

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detail.

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What are the different innovative cost-effective construction techniques? Explain in

List out the substitutes for scare materials. How these substitutes provide stability

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and durability for low cost housing?

Explain about different technological options.

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(b) What are the low cost infrastructure services? Discuss.

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(b)

7 (a)
(b)
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Explain the characteristics of mud.

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Discuss about rural housing programs.

Suggest suitable measures for future constructions requirement of structural safety.

Explain about housing in disaster prone areas.

8 Write short notes on:

(a) Half brick thick load bearing wall.
(b) Residential densities.
(c) Living conditionings in slums.
(d) Timber substitutions.

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