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Early recovery is about shifting the focus from saving lives to restoring livelihoods, thuseffectively preventing recurrence of disasters and harnessing conditions for human development.One month...
Almost every year earthquake disasters occur in various areas in Indonesia and despite of the severe impact on the regional economy and development, it seems that relatively little is being done...
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learned from relief responses to past earthquakes. The main intended audiences are operational decision-makers and relief Program managers...
This document was prepared for œArchitecture for Humanity? in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It is intended to provide some general recommendations for improved building practices in...
You can never tell when there will be an earthquake, but you canreduce or avoid damage, injuries or loss of life by preparingyourself. As a licensed child care provider, you already do many things...
Based on actual surveys after earthquakes in Taiwan, study maps behavior of populations during and after earthquakes. Important for shelter is how population distributed themselves amongst...
EXPLANATORY HANDBOOK ON INDIAN STANDARD CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN LOADS (OTHER THAN EARTHQUAKE) FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
Guidelines for earthquake safe and resistant design of buildings, constructions and retrofitting of buildings in Afghanistan. These guidelines cover the issues of building materials and building...
Operation update on the disaster response after the 2012 earthquake in Guatemala.
On 11 August 2012 at 16: 53 and 17: 04 (local time), two earthquakes measuring 6. 2 and 6. 1 on moment magnitude scale hit 23km and 30km west of Ahar in Azerbaijan Sharghi province north-west of...