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In 1980 Hurricane Allen brushed along the southern coast of Haiti and did considerable damage to several communities. Although damage was relatively light, Allen demonstrated that the majority of...
Conclusions and Recommendations from the Evaluation Meeting.
More than 400 professionals from 48 countries met at this meeting to identify lessons learned with regard to the preparedness for...
El Perú se encuentra ubicado en una zona sísmica.
Cada cierto tiempo ocurren terremotos que hacen que las viviendas mal construidas sufran daños importantes y hasta colapsos parciales o...
Examples of school retrofitting in Peru.
El objetivo de este manual técnino es presentar, a través de una serie de figuras, una téecnica sencilla de reforzamiento que permita retarder el colapso de las viviendas de adobe existentes en la...
Peru is located in a seismic area. From time to time earthquakes occur which affect inadequately constructed houses, causing major damage and in many cases partial or total collapse.
In...
This architecture essay explores possible modifications to expand the use of the Oxfam Emergency Shelter (SES2).
Shelter SES2 is an emergency shelter designed to house refugees in disaster...
School safety and education are both key to reducing the impact of disasters. The role of education in reducing disaster risks is enshrined in all global commitments and frameworks. Foremost among...
Guidelines developed over the course of three workshops:
Flood Forecasting and Disaster Response Workshop (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 1999)
International Symposium on Flood...
The 'House of Rights' serves as a centre where internally displaced (IDP's) can come to reclaim their rights - be they human rights, civil rights or such basic rights as health,...