Hi Marcy,
Since I work in a library, I thought I'd try finding appropriate bibliography. There is a Library of Congress subject heading for "earthquake resistant design" that you can further qualify by region. Nothing under Haiti in particular, but several hits for the Caribbean region:
1. Richard P. Clarke, et. al., Basic principles of earthquake resistance housing for the Caribbean (Trinidad: ABEL Division of ANSA McAL Enterprises Ltd., ; Engineering Institute, Faculty of Engineering, U.W.I., 2008). 32pp. ["Partly based on a paper written by Dr. R.P. Clarke, Consulting Structural, Earthquake and Quality Engineer, R.P. Clarke and Associates."] OCLC# 317122474
--Mr. Clarke may be worth consulting. I see he's also written an article on hurricane proof ferrocement roofs for Caribbean buildings. And here is a second article on Clarke and his ideas for disaster rebuilding in the region. He appears to be on the faculty at the University of the West Indies.
2. Model building codes for earthquakes and wind loads / Codigos modelo de construccion sismos y cargas de viento, 1 CD-ROM (Port of Spain, Trinidad: Association of Caribbean States, 2003). [See also project web site here.] OCLC# 57395670
3. Lionel Henry Fortune, "An investigation into the Caribbean Uniform Building Code (CUBIC) requirements for economic seismic design of multi-storey steel frames," Thesis (M. Sc.) -- University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, 1989. OCLC# 521399948
For references combining earthquake resistant design and vernacular architecture, I found the following:
4. F. Ferrigni, et. al., Ancient buildings and earthquakes: reducing the vulnerability of historical built-up environment by recovering the local seismic culture: principles, methods, potentialities (Bari, Italy: Edipuglia, 2005) [360pp., collected essays -- 1st 185 pages avail. via google books] OCLC# 62597798
5. Matthew Anthony French, "Aiding adobe: development of contextually responsive seismic reinforcing for Latin American adobe homes," Thesis (M.Arch.) -- Victoria University of Wellington, 2007. OCLC# 271054752
6. Matthew Anthony French, Architectural wrinkles (Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington, 2006). [160pp. earthquake resistant design; vernacular architecture; adobe, Belize] OCLC# 156757436
7. Earthquake-resistant construction and seismic strengthening of non-engineered buildings in rural areas of Maharashtra: manual (Bombay: Maharashtra Emergency Earthquake Rehabilitation Programme, Revenue & Forests Dept., 1998). [261pp. earthquake resistant design; vernacular architecture, masonry, India] OCLC# 40837842
If any of the hyperlinks don't work, here are the embedded urls:
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Regards,
Marty Perdue
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