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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 collection contains a series of resources, a toolkit and an infographic on humanitarian knowledge management and the challenges faced by both national and international organisations in...
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/....
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 Collection contains relevant reports and case studies relative to the contest of a post-storm disaster response.
Current guidance comes from leading global organizations: Asian...
This Collection contains technical guidelines and recommendations to design proper reconstruction, retrofitting and repair interventions in the contest of a post-storm disaster response. Current...
This Collection contains Landslide Mitigation and Disaster Risk Management Case Studies and Good Practice to support humanitarian workers in their operations and interventions for the mitigation...