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ALNAP Innovations Case Study No. 5, "Transitional shelter: understanding shelter from the emergency through reconstruction and beyond", highlights the development of the transitional-...
For more than 10 years, UN-HABITAT has been operating in humanitarian and crisis situations, supporting efforts by national governments, local authorities and civil society to strengthen their...
Disaster waste is a well-recognized threat to health, safety and the environment, and can
also be a major impediment to post-disaster rescue operations.
Experience shows that disaster...
Breakout group 3
As part of the Emergency Shelter Cluster Working Group (ESCWG) work
plan for 2007, Shelter Centre, NRC and CARE have been co-leading a
project to develop...
This background note addresses the cost effectiveness of investing in resilience when compared with approaches that rely exclusively on ex-post response and recovery, and the lack of funding...
The monsoon of 2010 led to one of the largest human displacement and loss of housing in the history of modern humanitarian affairs. Over 1.5 million houses were damaged or destroyed and...
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...
Information on the nature and scope of sexual violence during and immediately after conflict is increasingly demanded by governments, NGOs, UN bodies (such as the Security Council), and...
Shelter after disaster: strategies for transitional settlement and reconstruction offers governments, coordinators and implementers a framework for integrated shelter, settlement and...