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Country notes on disaster risk management in Guatemala. It provides a disaster risk profile and a disaster risk management framework of the country. In addition to cover activities undertaken...
Recommended Structural Standard for Design and Construction for the Republic of Guatemala evaluating buildings to withstand seismic activity.
This report provides an overview of land tenure and land administration issues in Guatemala. The evolution of land tenure in Guatemala is a mix of the native Mayan Civilization’s hierarchical...
The deterioration or absence of plaster walls in houses and poor hygienic conditions are the most important risk factors for indoor Triatoma dimidiata infestation in Guatemala. A crossdisciplinary...
This paper reports on what happened to earthen structures in twenty-six Guatemalan communities studied over a four-year period since the 1976 earthquake.
The Evaluation Office of the UNDP conducts independent country-level evaluations called Assessment of Development Results (ADR) which assess the relevance and strategic positioning of UNDP's...
USAID Country profile for Guatemala, with a speacial focus on property rights and resource governance.
Migration to the United States of America from Guatemala effects many aspects of Guatemalan life. This report document, through extensive ethnographic fieldwork, how migrants and their remittances...
Landslides occur at a high frequency throughout the mountainous regions of Guatemala, posing an elevated risk to communities and their infrastructure. A crucial component of the analysis of...
This report describes the kinds of hazardous events that occur at volcanoes in general and the kinds of hazardous geologic events that have occurred at Acatenango and Fuego in the past. The report...