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This working paper by Overseas Development Institute (also available in Filipino and Nepali) presents the findings from a pilot research project that investigated...
This Handbook is made to provide simple information to house owners, house designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural...
This document can also be found on the official website of the University of York at: https://www.york.ac.uk/prdu/.
This publication examines the...
UNOPS can help the Government of Pakistan and other
partners deliver humanitarian and reconstruction services to
the millions of people affected by the recent floods.
As the lead...
The speaker drew upon his recent experience in Pakistan to discuss the challenges of urban reconstruction. He noted serious impacts of disagreements and misunderstandings over the use of terms to...
The September 21st, 2009 earthquake in Eastern Bhutan, has been the most devastating disaster faced by Bhutan in recent times from this disaster, the government has further realized the importance...
Disasters had great affects on the region and community that they occurred physically, socially, economically and psychologically. The community sometimes uses most of its capacity to overcome the...
Most houses in rural India are masonry houses. The masonry walls are built with burnt clay brick or natural stone masonry. Many choices are made across India for the roof. For instance, a sloping...
This report emerges from Ian Davis's visit to Haiti in November 2011, to examine progresswith reconstruction approximately twenty-two months after the earthquake. His visit onlylasted three...
Mrs. Sarah Ernst from Architecture Sans Frontières (ASF) presented the draft version of the guide "Reducing RIsk and Promoting Sustainability", with a case study of...