1.5 Scope and limitations

1.5 Scope and limitations

The scope of the research applies to the field of conservation of heritage structures. This shall involve the formulation of techniques for the repair and reconstruction of the vernacular houses. The research would also serve as initial work towards developing possible guidelines for assessment and retrofitting pol houses. The study would introduce a new method for analysis of pol houses for an earthquake disaster as a pilot project that can be implemented at the settlement level in the future by government bodies like A.M.C. for effective conservation strategies.

The pandemic situation of COVID -19, affirms the need for the ‘risk preparedness’ topic to be researched upon. Given the situation, one of the major limitations of the current research is on-site research and collecting primary data and observations. The study shall be based mostly on the available secondary data. A limited study on the identification of pol house typologies can be conducted from the past thesis reports from CEPT university.