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This evaluation is part of a four-country study, which includes Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Three sets of national and local capacities are reviewed: 1) The capacity to respond to...
The Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) initiated five parallel evaluations of the international response to the tsunami, of which this is one. The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the...
A safe house must be based on a strong foundation and therefore it must be given primary attention. Problems with foundations not properly designed lead to unequal settlement, cracking of walls...
This report assesses environmental conditions in Indonesia's Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam province (Aceh) and Nias, in the province of North Sumatra, two years after the tsunami that occurred in...
Refugee and relief agencies should aim to prevent, mitigate and rehabilitate negative refugeerelated impacts on the environment. Such a commitment requires the integration, to the greatest extent...
These Guidelines are part of ongoing efforts by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Commission of the African Union (AU), the Secretariat of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's...
This report examines the trends in international thinking on housing policy. The purpose behind the report is to assist the Department of Housing to compile a new Policy & Research Agenda by...
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the salient strengths and shortcomings in the existing legal and institutional capacities of the Lao PDR to address hazards and their risk of becoming a...
The Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the World Reconstruction Conferencemet in Geneva, 8-13 May 2011. Opened by the United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-Moon...
This document presents key issues of Disaster Prevention Regulation of National Disaster Prevention B. E. 2538. It is the revised version of National Disaster Prevention B. E. 2526 in order to...