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This study details findings from testing two prototype relief shelters for thermal and condensation properties. One prototype used materials developed in conjunction with Oxfam GB and the other...
Structural analysis was carried out on all three types of tent { Shelter Centre, DFID and IFRC. The Shelter Centre tent was analysed by assuming a sheeting bow angle and considering the sheeting...
This resource details stress calculations conducted on two transitional shelter models.
As part of its Disaster Risk Reduction Programs, the United States Agency for International Development through the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) initiated a series of...
Shelter improvements and provision can assume a leading role in promoting both household livelihoods and community recovery in disaster affected areas. Livelihoods promotion in shelter sector...
The Disaster Relief Shelter, known as DRS, is designed to serve as a responsive but also a
transitional shelter for victims of natural disasters in Indonesia.
This academic study aims at sensitizing practitioners and stakeholders involved in postdisaster
reconstruction about the advantages of employing renewable energy and
alternative...
This study examines and evaluates the gender aspects of the early recovery housing/one- two room shelters provided by humanitarian organizations to replace the destroyed houses of the affected...
This presentation covered topics including-1. Liner design,(design criteria, physical, social and logistic)2. Material selection3. Liner specification4. Suspension and erection5. Thermal testing6...
This resource aims to describe the burden of fires in displaced persons settlements and identify interventions/innovations that might address gaps in current humanitarian guidelines. The resource...