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This document was prepared for œArchitecture for Humanity? in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It is intended to provide some general recommendations for improved building practices in...
The unprecedented scale of recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and Japan underlines the importance of having the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in...
This guideline gives information on how to reuse, recycle and disposal plastic sheets after a humanitarian disaster, in this case Haiti.
A guidebook for technicians, regarding confined masonry. It presents the concepts and construction details for which, if applied correctly, offer a fairly earthquake resistant building.
This manual seeks to provide basic advice on proper construction methods and job site safetyspecific to rebuilding efforts in Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake. Haiti is in the initialstages...
This document is a work in progress about technical guidance in Haiti: shelter distribution, transitional shelter construction and material checklist. Drafted by the Shelter/NFI and CCCM Cluster...
This documents describes all the financial movements and justifications The World Bank suggests to rebuild Port-au-Prince and other cities hit by the 2010 Haiti's earthquake. It is extremely...
In July, six months after the earthquake, only 19 % of pledged funds had beendisbursed. The domestic community was still in shock and the internationalcommunity voiced a crucial need for everyone...