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This document presents an overview of key concepts necessary for understanding the flooding problem, descriptions of appropriate construction materials and techniques as well as a set of stndards...
Einar Bjorgo presented on behalf of UNOSAT, exploring the number of different GIS mapping initiatives that have been used in Haiti since the earthquake.
Mr. Paul Cabrera from MSF Spain presented the recent MCF OCBA publication 'Small Construction Manual', which is intended to be a supportive tool for MSF locistical...
The Framework for Action embodied in this document reflects the conceptual underpinnings of the ISDR and identifies the supporting institutional arrangements based on resolutions of the United...
The design procedure included in the Peru new Masonry Design Code called “Norma E.070”
(SENCICO 2006) for confined masonry buildings is presented. This procedure is based on
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This report presents detailed information on the bamboo culm, plantation, its biological and mechanical characteristics, its usability in building disaster-withstanding infrastructure and in case...
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...
The Commission on Human Settlements, in its decision 13/24 of 7 May 1991, decided to include in the agenda of its fourteenth session in 1993 the theme named "Appropriate, intermediate, cost-...
The World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held from the 18th to the 22nd January 2005 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and adopted the present Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of...
This catalogue aims at providing a reference for humanitarian actors in the field on possible interventions to improve the conditions of the sites hosting refugee populations in Cox’s Bazar. It...