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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...
Bamboo as a green building material.
Project of the Handmade School in Bangladesh.
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...
The study advances arguments for considering bamboo stands as forests under UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, in IPCC reports, and future agreements on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan