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Presentation of the case study of Rehabilitation of 9 Schools through cooperation between SDC and the Syrian Ministry of Education, raising the important question of earthquake resilience in...
In Armenia there are some 300, 000 refugees who had fled during the Kharabakh conflict in 1988 -1992 mainly from Azerbaijan and some from other CIS countries. Since in the current context,...
The declared independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the collapse of the entire economy, leaving thousands of unfinished buildings in the country; from started to almost...
The completion of the skeletons of the started previous kindergarten complex appeared to be a possible cost-effective solution, to create housing for needy refugees in the area. In addition, the...
This study focuses on the present physical and Sanitation condition of the school buildings and suggests strategies which are expected to be of particular interest and practical use for the policy...
Plenty is known about the capacity of people and their organisations to create and improve their own shelter. Much less is known about the links between government and commercial private interests...
Clashes between the militant group Fatah AlIslam and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) between May and September 2007 resulted in the destruction of Nahr el-Bared Camp (NBC) in North Lebanon. Nearly...
This paper presents an integrated analytic framework for tackling climate change through mainstreaming disaster risk management into overall development planning in urban areas. It discusses the...
The Cairo based World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean published in 2007 theWHO e-Atlas of disaster risk for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Volume 1: Exposure...
Conflicts force people to leave their homes. Indeed, one of the measures of the severity of a conflict – in addition to casualties and duration – is the extent to which people have been displaced...