Case studies of work carried for SIDP
Mohammad-Reza Daraie
Solar Energy Small Scale Gypsum Production
The Selseleh Regional Development Project (SRDP) has been set up as an experimental project to investigate and put into operation alternative rural development policies.
Strategy for Developing Indigenous Building in Earthquake Regions
A Case Studies of the Bandar Abbas 1977 Earthquake and the Zarand 1978 Earthquake. Good quality gypsum (gatch) deposits have recently been found in the low hills to the west of the Selseleh Basin.
Report on the Building Program in the Selseleh Integrated Development Project (SIDP)
This Report is presented by the Architectural and Planning Group; Farroukh Afshar; Allan Cain; Mohammed-Reza Darai and John Norton; of the Centre for Endogenous Development Studies. The Town Plan for Alashtar has been prepared following the group’s 2.5 year’s residence in Alashtar; contact and dialogue with the local population concerning local conditions; needs; wants and available resources. The aim has been to employ principles developed from indigenous Iranian town planning; and; where appropriate; the results of comparative research from other areas in the Middle East.