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This housing report looks at housing typologies in Nepal, with a focus on uncoursed rubble stone masonry walls with timber floor and roof. This is a typical rural housing construction in the hills...
This housing report looks at housing typologies in Nepal, with a focus on traditional oval-shaped rural stone houses. This is a typical rural construction concentrated in the central mid-mountain...
Case study in order to learn more about how legislation can support ot impede disaster risk reduction, particularly at the community level.
A presentation of a case study regarding Bhutanese refugees in the Jhapa camp in Nepal in 1997.
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,...