Search resources, channels and events

You are on the Asia page, containing 1260 items.
Content Type: Resource

This paper discusses organisational initiatives for resettlement of rural communities that have lost their houses due to various natural calamities like river erosion, flood, cyclone etc, in...

Content Type: Resource

This paper through an empirical survey, investigated the implications of infrastructure investment on rural housing development and village environment.

Content Type: Resource

In January 2008, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) released a position paper examining the impact of the sanctions and blockade on the human right to water and sanitation in Gaza...

Content Type: Resource

This programme evaluation report describes the processes of the 2009 Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) programme as a community-driven approach, including partner training in...

Content Type: Resource

This independent review into how the UK responds to humanitarian emergencies was commissioned by the Secretary of State for International Development and led by Lord Paddy Ashdown. It was asked to...

Content Type: Resource

Following the October 2005 earthquake and the emergency relief SDC-HA started in March 2006 the rehabilitation and reconstruction through its Reconstruction and Livelihood Programme (RLP)...

Content Type: Resource

Following the 17 August 1999 earthquake in Western Turkey, approximately 120, 000 people needed to be housed in transitional shelters. This document details a project to construct and deliver...

Content Type: Resource

More than 50, 000 people were displaced by the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh during the 1990s. This document describes a project to improve the living conditions of...

Content Type: Resource
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Sri Lanka

Since 1983, Sri Lanka has suffered a civil war which has killed thousands and displaced more than 530, 000 people, mainly Tamils. Significant proportions of housing have been destroyed or damaged...

Content Type: Resource

With regards to taking part in disaster management of Merapi Volcano Eruption, USAID through ESP has conducted a quick assessment from May 15-18 to identify problems of clean water, sanitation,...

Pages