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Recent scholarship has highlighted the role of political and socioeconomic group inequalities, or horizontal inequalities, in provoking violent conflict. However, in most plural societies,...
A tool for settlement workers to help them understand the Burmese culture. Provides and overview of ethnicity diversity, refugees, cultural and social background.
This 1research examines the relevance of tradition and culture in post-disaster reconstruction, through the use of a detailed case study: the fishing communities of Tamil Nadu, India. Meeting the...
Ethiopia boasts a proud history of habitation in the many and varied climates using clever and innovative solutions, with materials sourced from the local environment. Local building cultures in...
This document highlights the elements related to each phase of building life cycle design, construction, uses maintenance and replacement among others which may be related to social economic or...
All over the world, societies have managed to produce, adapt and develop their habitat according to their needs, interests, aspirations, preferences and abilities, making the best use of locally...
Qatar Charity (QC) continues its efforts to provide food and preventive supplies, aiming at contributing to reducing the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In cooperation with a number of...
The resurgence of the Taliban movement and its affiliate organisations in the Swat Valley of Pakistan
since 2004, combined with military operations in 2009 and the displacement of residents...
Presentation on housing safety.
This chapter makes use of two relatively new data sets to explore some of the factors still limiting girls’ participation in primary school, even in the context of the rapid growth of private...