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This paper highlights the immediate concerns for the humanitarian shelter and settlement sector. This paper discusses the need for a comprehensive shelter strategy, either at a national or local...
Debris management should not be viewed as a set of mechanical cleaning actions, but rather as an open door to encourage the rebuilding of the social fabric, promote job creation and initiate the...
This paper highlights the immediate concerns for the humanitarian shelter and settlement sector. This paper discusses the need for a comprehensive shelter strategy, either at a national or local...
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to earthquakes, avalanches, floods and political conflict. This century it has faced recurrent emergencies characterised by extensive displacement. A major earthquake...
The work attempts mainly to illustrate both general means of production and actual physical techniques, as well as their economic implications. It aims more to be an aid to decision-making than to...
PASSA is a participatory method of awareness-raising around safe shelters. Its purpose is to provide communities with tools for improving their living environments, offering a step-by-step method...
The September 22 Shelter and Settlements Workshop co-sponsored by USAID/OFDA and InterAction represented the first North American shelter initiative since at least 1996. Nearly 70 participants...
Effective civil–military coordination is therefore essential in
achieving the over-arching humanitarian goal of saving lives
and alleviating suffering. However, in practice it is often...
This is the first in a series of thematic papers that contribute to a project undertaken by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), International...