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This document is written for building professionals with two key objectives: 1. To improve the understanding of the poor seismic performance of reinforced concrete frame buildings with masonry...
The authors describe property rights as “overlapping ‘bundles’ of rights”, which can be grouped as “use rights” and “control or decisionmaking rights”. The authors then explain the concept of...
This research in Building Ethiopia - Sustainability and Innovation in Architecture and Design (volume I) poses an attempt to understand the dwelling typologies in the city of Addis Ababa in order...
The paper reviews the existing literature on public housing and the role of the state, including an overview of housing research in Nigeria. It describes the context of Lagos, as an emerging mega-...
The following report was originally issued by the International Crisis Group (ICG) as an internal paper and distributed on a restricted basis in February 1999. It incorporates the results of...
This research paper focused on identifying the vulnerability and capacity levels of these villages, and collecting testimonies on indigenous coping mechanisms, disaster history, people’s...
This review summarises current debates on impact assessment in humanitarian aid, and identifies a series of challenges. It is based on research including a literature review, debates with ALNAP...
This presentation briefly outlines the research Victoria has completed for her masters dissertation at CENDEP (already available on the shelter library http: //sheltercentre. org/library/...
A report of the collaborative field research conducted by Habitat for Humanity and Christian Aid on several humanitarian shelter interventions in various countries, spanning a number of years. The...
The authors would first and foremost like to thank the many IDPs, Afghan refugees and residents of Peshawar who generously gave their time to be interviewed for this study, as well as key...