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Although intended primarily for use in refugee relief operations, the materials have a much wider application. There is still some discussion of details amongst technical agencies but in general...
During the last few years, engineers have increasingly realised the importance of wind loads for all types of structures, especially in wind-disaster prone areas. More information describing the...
The Permatent Emergency Shelter cum Roofing Unit has been specially designed in Bangladesh for use in Bangladesh, particularly as disaster preparedness hardware for use in the cyclone high risk...
The Canadian Red Cross's post-Mitch housing reconstruction project in Honduras and Nicaragua was part of its strategy to establish a presence in the region. The aim was to foster relations...
The enormous scale of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti remains difficult to comprehend, even for those living in the country. Equally overwhelming are the effects it left behind,...
The following cases study gives an overview of the Cordaid transitional shelter response in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. 151 transitional shelter units were established in the initial...
This paper, commissioned by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, is one of a range of studies designed to contribute to lesson learning within the humanitarian reform agenda....
Haiti's earthquake of 12thJanuary 2010 killed over 220 000 people, injured 300. 000, left well over one million homeless, and destroyed infrastructure, services andhomes. The cost of...
The study had three main objectives: to develop research tools to be used for profiling urban IDPs, including to make population estimates;Internal Displacement to Urban Areas: the Tufts-IDMC...
Assessing the impact of disasters on the livelihoods of people and the capacity and opportunities for recovery and increased resilience to future events is an important part of the response to...