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Bamboo, straw or thatch roof [RWO5]

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The surface of the roof is made from reed materials such as bamboo, straw or thatch; laid onto wood battens, with a primary structure of wood members. No sheet material is used for the roofing.

Thatch roof, Nepal (M. Schildkamp)

Straw roof, Chile (S. Mihaldzic)

Bamboo roof, Malawi (M. Sassu and I. Ngoma, World Housing Encyclopedia Report 46)

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Extended GEM Building_taxonomy for Multi-risk assessment

1. DirectionDIRECTION

2. Material of Lateral Load Resisting System MAT_TYPE

3. Lateral-Load Resisting System LLRS

4. Height HEIGHT

5. Date of construction or retrofit DATE

6. Occupancy OCCUPCY

7. Shape of the Building Plan PLAN_SHAPE

7.1. Building Position within a Block POSITION

8. Structural Irregularity STR_IRREG

9. Non- Structural Exterior Walls/ Openings NONSTRCEXW

10. Roof ROOF

11. Floor FLOOR

12. Foundation FOUND

Expanding the former towards an Exposure Database for Multi-Hazard Risk Analysis EXP-MULTI-H-R-An

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