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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...
Maggie Stephenson, UN-Habitat, offered an additional presentation and then
opened the discussion on the aftermath of the Pakistan earthquake in
which some 600,000 houses had been...
Low-income families living in substandard housing are among those most vulnerable to natural and man-made hazards and the turmoil of armed conflicts. The devastation resulting from disasters...
While emergency shelter reconstruction can have positive income and employment multipliers, it is critical to bear in mind that it is the provision of shelter which is critical for generating the...
Much of the death toll from earthquakes results from collapsing masonry and buildings and another key factor is the reality that these deaths primarily occur in the dwellings of low-income...
A key objective for a global strategy aiming to reduce the impacts of natural and technological hazards is the development of national mechanisms for disaster risk reduction. These mechanisms are...
This housing report looks at housing typologies in India, with a focus on unreinforced brick masonry walls with pitched clay tile roof.
This is a traditional construction practice followed...
This housing report looks at housing typologies in Pakistan, with a focus on adobe houses.It provides an overview of adobe housing construction, which is widely distributed all over the country....
UNICEF contracted with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in January 2008 to conduct a global evaluation of the CFS initiative, which was to be built upon site visits to Child Friendly...