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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1976 - 6/30/1977

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)

The Impact of Earthquakes on Urban Planning and Building Techniques, 1500-1800

FAIN: FB-12880-76

Miguel A. Bretos
Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, FL 33199-2516)

To study urban architectural responses to the structural and design challenges imposed by the earth faults and the possibility of earthquakes. Studying a certain Central American locality it may show evidence of creative responses to the basic environmental challenge.