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This video was filmed for UNDP in October 2010. It shows early recovery projects in the Philippines which is particularly affected by typhoons.
This is a handbook that provide guidelines for building flood and typhoon resistant houses in Vietnam.
On the 8th of November 2013 super typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda, made landfall in the Philippines. It proceeded as a category 5 typhoon across the central Philippines,...
Case study from 2010 about housing adaptation to typhoon in Vietnam. This also highlights the opportunities and barriers met by Development Workshop Vietnam and Development Workshop France...
This UNEP report forms part of a series that will be developed on the interlinkages between environmental management and disaster preparedness. Lessons learnt and the environmental know-how that...
As the Global Shelter Cluster (GSC) moves forward from emergency to recovery programming, this report attempts to highlight some concerns linked to the legal and regulatory framework in the...
Chapter 8 in the book "Reconstruction After Disaster: Issues and Practices". This chapter provides tips on building disaster proof for the low income population in the Philippines.
... A case study on how vouchers were distributed to provide materials for the repair of 9,953 shelters. Two types of vouchers were tried. Initially people could choose from a given list of materials...
This review of the Phillippine Floods Shelter Working Group (MSWG) is the second review commissioned by the Shelter Department of the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies...