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This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learnt from evaluations of relief and recovery responses to past slow-onset disasters, particularly drought, and food and livelihoods...
This paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learned from relief responses to past earthquakes. The October 2005 South Asia earthquake presents unique challenges, particularly of scale and...
ALNAP Innovations Case Study No. 5, "Transitional shelter: understanding shelter from the emergency through reconstruction and beyond", highlights the development of the transitional-...
This document reviews the coordination of disaster mitigation, preparedness and response among the Civil Protection actors of South Eastern Europe (SEE), identifying needs both with respect to...
Summary of the resettlement action plan of the Uganda-Rwanda Section. 1. Introduction 2. Description of the project zone 3. Potential Impacts 4. Organisational responsibility 5. Community...
Involvement of the Aga Khan Historic Cities Program (AKHCP) in the urban regeneration process in Afghanistan began in Kabul in 2002 and in Herat in 2004, as part of the Aga Khan Development...
Shelter is considered as being one of the most basic human rights. Appropriate shelter is supposed to provide protection against climatic conditions like wind, rain, sun and cold, and should...
The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) responded to the tsunami that struck southern India. After assisting in the provision of immediate relief AIDMI's main effort was to...
Special Issue 32, June 2007. Main sections: Of Origins and Products, Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development Processes, Understanding Risk;the First Step Towards Disaster Reduction...
Special Issue 34, August 2007. Report on South Asia Earthquake. Includes sections: Disasters: Where do they Occur? The Monsoon in South Asia has Begun; Floods in 2007, Focussing in; Gujarat State...