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This document provides a comprehensive overview of integration of DRR in WASH, and is a companion to the summary document "Disaster Risk Reduction and WASH - Essential Guidance".
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The housing crisis in Haiti constitutes a grave violation of human rights. A majority of Haitians live in overpopulated urban centers, shanty towns or under-developed villages that failto meet...
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...
This document provides an analysis of the Indian response to the 2004 tsunami, from the human rights perspective. The Guiding Principles outlined in the document also call on authorities to...
This Network Paper discusses livelihoodsbased livestock programming and its role in humanitarian emergency response. It highlights the importance of taking livelihood assets, in particular...
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...
This paper is one of the nine position papers commissioned, three each from Asia, Africa and Latin America, by the International Council for Research and Innovation (CIB) as part of the Action...
The resource is a62 page handbook presenting some basic information on safeconstruction practices. It provides guidanceonchoices regarding settlement planning in risky environments, as well as on...
The current guidelines outlined in the current document, produced with substantial contributions from many National Societies, capitalize on the expertise developed within the Movement through a...
The need to develop cash guidelines for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement was identified at a seminar hosted by the International Federation's secretariat inMay 2006. The...