typology are constructed mainly from clay, as the base building material. Clay blocks are used to construct the walls, and clay is also used to construct flat roofs, which are commonly supported by branches of locally available trees, such as palm, sycamore, and eucalyptus. Some examples of mud houses are shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11 : Tradi onal Mud House in Gaza (Source: BBC, 2009)
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