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Little has been done to understand the prevalence of urinary incontinence in children in humanitarian settings, the experiences faced managing it and the best ways to address it. This research...
This paper discusses how the quality of houses can be improved through better design and use of more permanent building materials, which will consequently lead to lower damages during natural...
The study aims to investigate the process leading to the vulnerable housing pattern of th elow income rural and urban community
This paper mainly deals with one particular technology applied to a critical part of a building: structural posts. The continuum originating from the supply constraints of bamboo, leading to the...
This report provides an overview of the observed and anticipated humanitarian consequences of climate change in four thematic and interrelated areas of particular relevance: livelihoods, health,...
Following the violent eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1995 the Island of Montserrat suffered extensive damage and loss to its housing stock. The post disaster reconstruction Program...
This document can also be found on the official website of the University of Huddersfield at: http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/23913/....
This course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation. This...
Although we need buildings to lead our lives, they can contribute against sustainability, which the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) defines as forms of progress that...
This document can also be found on the official website of The World Bank Group at https://www.worldbank.org/
The paper reports on Saint Lucia’s...