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An addition to the training accompanying the transitional settlement: displaced populations. A case study looking at the Kakuma camp in Kenya
An addition to the training accompanying the transitional settlement: displaced populations. A case study looking at the Jhapa camp in Nepal.
An addition to the training accompanying the transitional settlement: displaced populations. A case study looking at the Kakuma camp in Kenya
The case studies provide a range of ideas and measures that have positively influenced the development of low-income settlements in the past in order to provide inspiration for current and future...
Following the violent eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1995 the Island of Montserrat suffered extensive damage and loss to its housing stock. The post disaster reconstruction Program...
Asia is the most disaster-prone continent and low-income communities in many countries are highly vulnerable to the impact of hazards. In this paper post-disaster shelter reconstruction projects...
This Building Issue aims at highlighting ways to regularize spontaneous settlements. First one must decide if the settlements should be upgraded, or if basic conditions are so unfavourable (...
This paper examines the impact of conflict on the development process in four African countries: Uganda, Sudan, Mali and Angola, and its implications for NGO policy and practice. The paper is...
This Network Paper explores the current and practice of contingency planning in humanitarian organisations. It sets out the key terms and concepts relating to contingency planning, explores the...
The aim of this paper is to examine the usefulness of formal, quantitative data collection techniques for relief operations, using a survey from northern Iraq as a case study. 'Formal'...