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The Rapid deployment of shelters, facilities and medical care resources following a major disaster. This is composed of eight parts: System design, Shelters, Facilities plus Watsan,...
These guidelines introduce the approaches of transitional settlement, reconstruction and shelter. Transitional housing, shelter, settlement, and reconstruction should not be considered as an...
The guidelines 'Shelter after disaster: strategies for transitional settlement and reconstruction' were launched at SM10b by UN/OCHA and Shelter Centre.
The guidelines are the revision of...
Shelter Centre led a discussion of the Non Food Items section of the Sphere Project handbook, in order to better inform forthcoming revisions.
Heiner Gloor of Swiss Solidarity and Shelter Centre delivered the Sector Lecture for SM09a, foucsing on lessons learnt from the Pakistan earthquake in 2005. The key points were as follows:
...These notes are the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in order to assist them in making crucial decisions for post-earthquake recovery and...
This working paper by Overseas Development Institute (also available in Filipino and Nepali) presents the findings from a pilot research project that investigated...
5 May 2019: After crossing Bangladesh on Saturday without causing major damage, Cyclone “Fani” has dissipated. According to the Bangladesh Metrological Department’s latest weather situation update...
This document may also be found on the International Dalit Solidarity Network library: https://idsn.org/
"Equality in Aid: Addressing Caste...
This document may also be found on the International Dalit Solidarity Network library: https://idsn.org/
This research document analyses the Indian experience...