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Kailali disaster risk reduction initiatives. This report identifies ten risk reduction practices which were successfully implemented in the pilot communities and are replicable elsewhere. Its...
This hanbook aims at being used as a tool to reduce urban risk in small and medium sized cities by local schools, students, teachers, parents, resident associations and local government members,...
This document addresses the issues of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the area of education in the form of a compendium of various educational activities and initiatives, both in the formal and...
This report will details recovery efforts that state government made in the 12-24 month period after Hurricane Katrina. A summary of the work of the federal government, local governments,...
This guide for education leaders and facilities developers focuses on the safety of school buildings and their occupants. Noting the economic losses and social disruption caused by building damage...
This document aimed at school administrators and those responsible for school maintenance examines 19 non-structural elements to identifiy retrofit techniques that can be introduced to mitigate...
This illustrated reference for school facilities planners and designers shows examples of seismic retrofitting of junior and senior high school buildings in two prefectures and their performance...
This guide will provide some suggestions and support for the production of architectural projects and construction in conventional material or of the traditional type that allows one to...
Education is a fundamental human right for all people. Education is especially critical for the tens of millions of children and youth affected by conflict and disasters, and yet it is often...
Natural disasters are on the increase, not so much because natural hazards are growing in number, but because poor people are becoming more vulnerable. Vulnerability is as important a cause of...