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Watershed protection is one of the many goods and services provided by the world’s fast disappearing tropical forests. Among the variety of watershed protection benefits, flood damage alleviation...
A labour and human resources plan, a workplace health and safety plan and a community health and safety plan for the Kongamyanmbo musonoi tailings project in the Katanga Province in DRC. This...
This paper introduces a special issue of habitat International on land tenure and property rights. It sets the scene for case studies carried out in countries around the world commissioned by the...
This document provides the names of major construction material vendors in Zimbabwe and their geographical reach as well as information regarding the relevant Zimbabwe ministries.
Building with bamboo looks back on an ancient tradition in the regions in which plant grows in abundance, such as South America, Africa and, in particular, in South-East-Asia. Bamboo is one of the...
This document describes ways in which to connect, and resolve problems with, bamboo structures.
The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, the Universidad de los Andes, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Acción Social jointly convened a seminar on the role of...
This report explores both the negative and positive aspects of slums. On the negative side, the report shows that slums have the most intolerable of urban housing conditions, which frequently...
This book reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts therein, including those driven by climate change and related disasters, and identifies...
The ability to effectively deal with disasters is becoming more relevant because of factors that tend to increase risk. Unfortunately, there are recurring difficulties with disaster response....