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This book addresses sustainable planning and construction after natural events such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, etc. and asserts it is yet possible, in theory and in practice, to construct...
This Synthesis Report is the outcome of an international collaborative process involving over 40 humanitarian and development cooperation agencies. Individuals involved have come primarily from...
This is a study of agency policies in relation to LRRD and their operationalisation following the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26 2004. It was commissioned by Sida as one of 6 different...
This report uses the Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000 as the basis for describing "enabling" strategies and processes in the field of shelter provision and improvement. A...
This report addresses the impact of emergency shelter programs in the development of post-relief economies and in building incomes of affected populations. It provides a review and analysis of the...
This paper describes the technical and practical aspects and ˜lessons learned' from a recent improved adobe construction project in El Salvador, as well as drawing on field investigations,...
Integration of disaster mitigation planning into land use planningThe preliminary activities include: Preparatory work (data collection, research and analysis of available documentation)Creation...
This paper puts into highlights the flood threat in Bhutan due to lake outburst risk in the retreating glaciers of Himalaya's chain. The study led by the Department of Geology & Mines,...
The author approached 110 respondents from four identified groups: NGOs and international NGOs
specializing in addressing gender-based violence in Pakistan (40 respondents); gender experts...
The paper is based on evidence from a sample of 60 special schools drawn from each of the Karachi region areas. The survey evidence was gathered by the investigators personal visits of each school...