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This scoping study explores key changes and developments in post-disaster settlement, shelter and housing between 1982 and 2006, to inform the revision of 'Shelter after Disaster: Guidelines...
For the first time in history, half of humanity lives in towns and cities. However, of this three billion people, one billion have little to celebrate. Imagine raising your family in an...
The focus of these guidelines outlined in the document, is on how to deal with disaster waste in the emergency and (early) recovery phases, to ensure that either the 'value' of the...
WEST SUMATRA- Padang Pariaman District - Shelter Cluster - Coverage of Transitional Shelter Support, 02 February 2010
A set of principles to guide the collaboration between humanitarian actors and the private sector.
This study project involved an assessment of the social development-related needs of people in tsunami-affected areas in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The aims were to: (1) enable socially-...
On 2 and 3 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Myanmar and moved inland across the Ayeyarwady Delta and southern Yangon Division, causing many deaths, destroying livelihoods, and...
Information on the nature and scope of sexual violence during and immediately after conflict is increasingly demanded by governments, NGOs, UN bodies (such as the Security Council), and...