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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Colombia

Estos estudios han aportado valiosos conocimientos para la adecuada protección del patrimonio arquitectónico y cultural construido conestos materiales ancestrales, característicos en el territorio...

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This manual proposes techniques for improving the earthquake-resistance of dwellings constructed from earth. The focus is on low-cost, single-storey houses in rural areas. The work is based on...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Peru

El presente documento ha sido elaborado con la finalidad de proporcionar los criterios normativos para el diseño de los locales escolares y espacios educativos de los niveles de Educación Inicial...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Peru

El Perú se encuentra ubicado en una zona sísmica.

Cada cierto tiempo ocurren terremotos que hacen que las viviendas mal construidas sufran daños importantes y hasta colapsos parciales o...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Peru

Examples of school retrofitting in Peru.

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Peru

El objetivo de este manual técnino es presentar, a través de una serie de figuras, una téecnica sencilla de reforzamiento que permita retarder el colapso de las viviendas de adobe existentes en la...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Peru

Peru is located in a seismic area. From time to time earthquakes occur which affect inadequately constructed houses, causing major damage and in many cases partial or total collapse.

In...

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Guidelines developed over the course of three workshops:

Flood Forecasting and Disaster Response Workshop (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 1999)
International Symposium on Flood...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Colombia

The 'House of Rights' serves as a centre where internally displaced (IDP's) can come to reclaim their rights - be they human rights, civil rights or such basic rights as health,...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Peru

This report examines the nature and scope of the housing problem in Peru. It reviews the evolution of the housing finance systems and main players of the housing finance system and driving forces...

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