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This booklet has been developed as part of the IFRC Global Shelter Programme. This programme focuses on developing best practice and policy in sheltering, building the human resources capacity of...
This session will look at both the security hazards and the natural hazards that effect the construction and planning of settlements.
This session introduces the six transitional settlement options for displaced populations. It covers the following choices open to the displaced population: Host families; Urban self settlement;...
This presentation highlights transit and influx management and different transit facilities and covers the following topics: Overview of transit facilities; Transit; Influx management (...
This presentation discusses when to use transitional shelter, the common circumstances of using it and its strength, characteristics and risks. It covers the following topics: Workshop objectives...
This presentation looks at how to prepare shelter training for delivery in support of operations. It covers the following topics: Session objectives; The importance of training in the field;...
This presentation highlights how assesment is undertaken and implemented and covers the following topics: Scope and context of AME; Workshop (monitoring, evaluation, coordination, access and...
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...
Post-disaster reconstruction is a complex process. It requires multi-sectoral involvement, very significant resources and a wide range of skills. For a humanitarian agency the decision to engage...
Agencies need to learn the 'new rules of the game' in urban pre and post-disaster response. This Case study explores issues like complexity, range of actors, space, the importance of commerce and...