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This report examines how vulnerability is understood and addressed by development agencies and government departments in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. The 2005 food crisis highlighted the extent...
This review provides an inventory of country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s...
This paper attempts to examine the problem and challenges of public housing delivery in Nigeria. It highlights the nature and dimension of Nigeria’s housing problems. The various government...
Some 20 million tonnes of waste resulted from the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). The amount of debris in Iwate Prefecture was 11 times greater than in a normal year, and in Miyagi 19 times...
Estos estudios han aportado valiosos conocimientos para la adecuada protección del patrimonio arquitectónico y cultural construido conestos materiales ancestrales, característicos en el territorio...
This guide first lays out the relevant building codes in force in Colombia for small and medium scale construction projects. Subsequent sections discuss factors affecting earthquake vulnerability...
GFDRR annual report 2009. This document reports on GFDRR interventions in 2009 and its achievement in maturing into a leading global player in disaster risk reduction and sustainable recovery, a...
From 23-30 September 1995, a four-person delegation of Habitat International Coalition (HIC) undertook a fact-finding mission (FFM) in Kobe, Japan to investigate allegations of housing rights and...
Resiliency means springing back into normalcy after being stretched. Climatic resiliency of Indian cities are gradually becoming distant-goal to reach. Reason being the some of the climatic...
This report discusses how wind damages buildings, how to assess damage, and how to build or strengthen structures to avoid wind damage. While it is attempted to give information for planning and...