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UNEP site with more than 150 resources from over 20 organizations, arranged according to sector and environmental issue.
This case study presents proposals for building an improved housing, land and property rights framework that protects the people and supports sustainable economic development in Burma. The...
In many countries around the world, building and bridge structures with close proximity to known earthquake faults have been constructed with little consideration to the effects of strong ground...
This case study provides an overview of Save the Shildren's Disaster Preparedness Programm in Myanmar. The Disaster Response and Resilience Learning Project is an inter-agency capacity...
A case study regarding shelter construction in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis in 2008. It provides an overview of the humanitarian operation after the disaster, with an emhpazise on strengths and...
A report on creating earthquake resistant housing that considers indigenous principles, knowledge and techniques on the island Nias in Indonesia.
A case study on the series of earthquakes that struck West Sumatra in 2009. It analyses West Sumatras conditions before and after the earthquake, the response capacity, emergency response,...
Managing Post-Disaster conservation of Heritage buildings in order to help preserve culture and history.
A guide book for personal safety in the field during a disaster with special reference to Indonesia. It addresses safety during earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and volcanic eruptions.
The Sumatra 30 September 2009 earthquake has damaged hundred thousand buildings in West Sumatra Province. The earthquake is located in 100 km offshore of Padang City, the Capital City of the...