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A shelter case study on shelter construction in Guatemala after the 1976 earthquake.
Between 22 October and 1 November 1998, Hurricane Mitch, a 180-mph Category 5 storm, the worst to hit the Gulf of Mexico in 200 years, swept through a number of Central American countries...
This case study in Shelter Projects 2008 summarises an assessment by a major donor of the transitional shelter and recovery programming that it funded in Goma following the volcanic eruption in...
Case study on urban shelter upgrade after disaster and drought. In dense urban settlements in Hargeisa, 634 transitional shelters were constructed in two temporary settlements. The project was...
Case study on the 2008 conflict in Somalia and the shelter programmes.
Case study on urban shelter upgrade after conflict. The purpose was to meet the shelter needs of displaced people living in urban temporary settlements in the cities of Galkayo and Bosasso in...
Adopted by the XXIst International Conference of the Red Cross (Istanbul, 1969) - revised by the XXIInd, XXIIIrd, XXIVth, XXVth and XXVIth International Conferences - Tehran (1973), Bucharest (...
Between 22 October and 1 November 1998, Hurricane Mitch, a 180-mph Category 5 storm, theworst to hit the Gulf of Mexico in 200 years, swept through a number of Central Americancountriesdevastating...
Once emergency needs have been met following a disaster and the initial crisis is over, people affected and the communities that support them are still in a state of heightened vulnerability. Post...
Post disaster reconstruction flows on from emergency relief work. Its aim is to reconstruct people's lives on a more permanent basis and includes the rebuilding of infrastructure and the...