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Assessing the impact of disasters on the livelihoods of people and the capacity and opportunities for recovery and increased resilience to future events is an important part of the response to...
Gujarat has reconstructed the towns and villages devastated by the earthquake of 2001. The experiences gained in building back better with participation of the affected communities are often cited...
A typical design of small dwelling unit for seismic zone III, IV, & V showing architectural and structural drawing for brick wall and stone masonry wall. Disaster management occupies an...
In late December 2006, widespread flooding struck eastern and central Aceh and parts of neighboring North Sumatra province. Seven Acehnese districts were affected: Aceh Tamiang, Aceh Timur,...
The earthquake on January 12, 2010 has caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti with enormousrepercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond the areas directly affected by the...
From 23-30 September 1995, a four-person delegation of Habitat International Coalition (HIC) undertook a fact-finding mission (FFM) in Kobe, Japan to investigate allegations of housing rights and...
This document provides suggestions on how to ensure older people are adequately represented in emergency shelter programmes. The areas of guidance specifically relate to: needs and capacities of...
Many, if not all, violent conflicts involve some form of tensions over land. Historicalgrievances and competing claims to access rights, tenure insecurity and unequaldistribution of land are...
In international responses to humanitarian crises, some sectors have in the past benefitedfrom having clearly mandated lead agencies, while others have not. This has repeatedly ledto ad hoc,...
The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator(HC), is the centre-piece of the new humanitarian coordination architecture established byHumanitarian...