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This paper describes Save the Children Fund-UK´s Food Economy Approach to analysing household food security, adopted by the organisation in the early 1990s. The paper details the way in which the...
Following a wave of violence that reached its' peak June 10-14, 2010 in the southern city of Osh inthe Kyrgyz Republic (commonly called Kyrgyzstan), Save the Children has launched an...
This book presents the concepts, procedures, and code provisions that are currently being used to make structures as earthquake resistant as is presently feasible. The book begins by describing...
This document identifies and analyses the global risks which arise from extreme geophysical events. 'On a vast scale, global geophysical events (GGEs) are natural phenomena capable of having...
Earthquake falls in the category of hazards which have low frequency probability ofoccurrence in a given area but highly disastrous consequences. The occurrence of anearthquake cannot be prevented...
The phenomenon of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees residing with host families is still relatively unexplored in comparison to what is known about IDPs and refugees living in camps...
The Kabul Area Shelter and Settlement (KASS) Project was designed to provide shelters in an urban environment, existing resources were able to be consolidated and improved, people were able to...
Recent research on traditional settlement pattern shows that traditional settlements in Indonesia are losing their values and degeneration of built form has changed the beauty of their original...
Today, humanitarians work in some of the most volatile and insecure environments in the world. Even as they come under increasing attack, humanitarian workers find ways to continue delivering life...
This brief discussion note takes a critical look at assumptions that disaster risks are likely to be addressed in the course of post-disaster recovery efforts and was developed in particular to...