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Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. Humanitarian organisations often have more experience of disaster response in rural settings, and local authorities...
During the last forty years, several development agencies such as the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the United States Agency for International Development, and the...
Records and outcomes of the International Symposium 2008 on Earthquake Safe Housing, 28-29 November 2008, Tokyo, Japan. This document illustrates the work of the Housing Earthquake Safety...
This resource book identifies effective solutions that can be undertaken by local governments for improving the quality of life for elderly and disabled people in human settlements. Its aim is to...
The
Logistics Operations Guide (LOG) is the reference tool for UNJLC Core
Unit as well as those individuals sent to the site of an emergency
(these may be Core Unit staff,...
Early recovery is about shifting the focus from saving lives to restoring livelihoods, thuseffectively preventing recurrence of disasters and harnessing conditions for human development.One month...
A presentation on the UNHCR 3-years shelter programme in Afghanistan, intended to facilitate the gradual and voluntary return of displaced Afghans (refugees and IDP's) to their community in...
The Speaker presented the approach and mandate of UN-Habitat, emphasising the need to bridge humanitarian and development work and promoting sustainability and disaster risk reduction.
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This paper, commissioned by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, is one of a range of studies designed to contribute to lesson learning within the humanitarian reform agenda....
This case study illustrates the traditional techniques adopted for the production of lime hydrate in Sri Lanka and compares the methods used with dolomite and coral as the raw materials. The...