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A presentation about the self-recovery of individual households and local communities recovering from disasters. The presentation focuses on two case studies where self-recovery has taken place...
Building and Social Housing Foundation is established in 1976 as an independently-funded housing research organisation. BSHF works towards:
- Innovative and forward looking
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This presentation highlights the seismic risk present in low-income informal and semi-formal settlements in the urban context of north India, where vertical additions to non-engineered structures...
This joint research aimed to provide detailed longitudinal evidence of the successes, failures and lessons from previous Christian Aid (CA) and Habitat for Humanity (HFH) emergency interventions...
As anticipated in previous correspondence, we have discussed with the SAG on the Global Shelter Cluster presentation at the Shelter Meeting 13b. Given the theme of the meeting “ Shelter Sector...
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 how assesment is undertaken and implemented and covers the following topics: Scope and context of AME; Workshop (monitoring, evaluation, coordination, access and...
This edition of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on lessons from the humanitarian response to Typhoon Haiyan, the worst disaster ever to hit the Philippines.
This study evaluates cases where self-built housing is applied by NGO's as a strategy for post-disaster recovery of low-income groups and indicates opportunities for further research.