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This paper provides a broad and selective overview of the humanitarian system, and trends and issues relating to humanitarian responses to natural disasters. 1 Key issues covered include: \n-...
Shelter responses after disasters have tended to focus on providing temporary shelter in camps, and then assisting in the rebuilding of permanent housing. Predominantly, this support is given in...
This paper aims to contribute to the discussion on disaster management reconstruction through an exploration of local perceptions of housing reconstruction in the aftermath of the earthquake that...
One of the most frequently heard criticisms of humanitarian action is that it is unaccountable and unregulated. In response, a wide range of initiatives has been launched to improve quality and...
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...
After only a few years of mobilisation, campaigning and project initiation there are, in place, the forces and legislation to effectively address the threat of landmines in the coming years,...
Basic Principles for NGO Interventions and a Critique of Psychosocial Trauma Projects.
Despite the links between emergencies and HIV vulnerability, agencies' emergency operations have tended to focus on meeting basic needs, providing shelter and food and treating infectious...
Housing is essential to the wellbeing and development of most societies. It is a complex asset, with links to livelihoods, health, education, security and social and family stability. Housing is...
It may seem obvious that human rights abuses (or more correctly when armed conflict is involved, violations of humanitarian law) are at the core of these emergencies, but the protection of...