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Building Back Better. Delivering people-centred housing...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Practical Action
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Kenya, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Turkey

This volume debates and informs on themes such as housing, participation, and vulnerability in relation to large-scale post-disaster reconstruction. It is a contribution to ongoing debate in terms...

Pakistan’s resilience to disasters one year on from the floods
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Oxfam International
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

The floods that hit Pakistan in 2010 were the worst in the country’s
history. The humanitarian response achieved remarkable successes in
minimising the immediate loss of life and...

Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Construction
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority (Pakistan)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

These Guidelines For Earthquake Resistant Construction Of Non-Engineered Rural And Suburban Masonry Houses In Cement Sand Mortar In Earthquake Affected Areas show how to provide necessary concept...

Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Construction of Non-Engineered...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority (Pakistan)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

DRAFTGuidelines to privide necessary concept and know-how to the communities and local construction workers for earthquake resistant construction of non-engineered rural and suburban houses using...

Compendium: transitional learning spaces (TLS) - Design and...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World, Madagascar, Rwanda, Somalia, Haiti, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar

School safety and education are both key to reducing the impact of disasters. The role of education in reducing disaster risks is enshrined in all global commitments and frameworks. Foremost among...