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Local Estimate of Needs for Shelter and Settlement - Field Version
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

One of the biggest problem areas identified by the IASC Global Shelter Cluster is getting reliable assessments of housing and settlements needs after a crisis. This publication seeks to help fill...

A Guide for Village Carpenters on How to Build a Safer Shelter
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Myanmar, South-Eastern Asia

This booklet is a companion to "How to build a safer shelter" designed for village carpenters.
How to build a safer shelter
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Myanmar

This carefully illustrated guide to how to build a safe shelter addresses cyclone-resistant construction. Full-color, labelled illustrations demonstrate the primary parts of a safer shelter. The...

Timber as a construction material in humanitarian operations
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

This book provides information on selecting, specifying, procuring, using, and distributing timber and bamboo as construction materials for small and medium-sized buildings in humanitarian...

Building shelter after Pisco earthquake 2007
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)YouTube
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

This is a video of the Emergency Shelter Response in Peru after the earthquake that took place in 15th of August 2007. It shows the response of the Peruvian Red Cross supported by the...

From tent to home (transitional shelter in Indonesia)
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)YouTube
Date: Feb 2014
Location: India, Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand

On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9. 0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of massive tsunamis that devastated communities in 10 countries surrounding the Indian...

The challenge of urban response
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)YouTube
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

Shelter in an urban setting. What are the implications in terms of shelter when the response has to be carried out in an urban environment? This short video is meant to present some of the...

Transitional shelter in Sri Lanka
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)YouTube
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

Sri Lanka - J. C. Nimmi's story: from transitional shelter to her new home

As the tsunamis swept across vast tracts of land around the Bay of Bengal, they took with them virtually...

Pedoman Membangun Rumah Sederhana Tahan Gempa (Guidelines for...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Japan International Cooperation AgencyPalang Merah Indonesia
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

Salah satu karya kolektif terbaik dari Fakultas Teknik Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta khususnya dari Jurusan Arsitektur & Perencanaan, Juruan Teknik Sipil dibantu PMI (Palang Merah...

Climate-informed reduction of disaster risk
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Netherlands Red Cross
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

This brochure communicates the Netherlands Red Cross's so called 'Pledge Project', which was born in 2007 when theNether lands government and Red Cross jointly pledged to help a...

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