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Natural disasters, particularly extreme winds and floods, have been causing huge loss of lives and properties every year in Bangladesh. Most of the Bangladeshi population lives in rural areas...
A census made in April 2001 confirmed that Zemun was the municipality with the largest concentration of refugees and IDPs in FRY. There are 5 Collective Centres in Zemun hosting 283 refugees and...
A safe house must be based on a strong foundation and therefore it must be given primary attention. Problems with foundations not properly designed lead to unequal settlement, cracking of walls...
Refugee operations are often typified by the need to make quick decisions - decisions which if not based on the best available information, may risk jeopardising the lives and welfare of large...
This report outlines the Consolidation Appeal for Guinea 2006. As a result of civil wars in the Mano River Union (MRU) countries, Guinea has hosted nearly one million refugees from Sierra Leone...
The study reveals that while the government has instituted a comprehensive DRR governance system in Pakistan on paper, in reality the system suffers from a lack of political commitment, funding,...
• The flooding and associated devastation that have battered Pakistan since late July 2010 present
yet another series of challenges to its government, already contending with violence from...
The 2010 floods in Pakistan affected more than 20 million people, with loss of lives and livelihoods, and the destruction of homes, basic infrastructure and standing crops. Sindh and Punjab were...
In 2010, Pakistan was ranked 125 out of 169 countries in the United Nations (UN) Human Development Index, and falls under the category of ‘medium’ human development.1 It has a population of 176...
Resiliency means springing back into normalcy after being stretched. Climatic resiliency of Indian cities are gradually becoming distant-goal to reach. Reason being the some of the climatic...