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This document was prepared for œArchitecture for Humanity? in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It is intended to provide some general recommendations for improved building practices in...
This manual seeks to provide basic advice on proper construction methods and job site safetyspecific to rebuilding efforts in Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake. Haiti is in the initialstages...
In this paper, a study on the various indigenous materials used for the constuction of the traditional houses of Myanmar is made. The aim of the study is to collect the basic data for further...
On December 26th 2004 a major earthquake caused a Tsunami in the region of the Indian Ocean. The epicentre of the quake lay offshore the Indonesian Island of Sumatra close to its neighbouring...
The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator(HC), is the centre-piece of the new humanitarian coordination architecture established byHumanitarian...
The "Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Pakistan" Collection presents a selection of reports, evaluations and presentations concerning DRR in Pakistan. This collection addresses the following topics...
The magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Haiti on 12th January 2010 devastated large areas of the capital city of Port-Au-Prince and surrounding communes. Around 222,570 people were killed and a...
In recent years, there has been a great number of disasters such as natural disasters and wars. Wars occur, mostly, due to political, religious and economic confrontations. Calamities or natural...
Este guião tem por objectivo principal repensar as construçoes localizadas em zonas de risco de ciclone, fenómeno natrual pelo qual devemos adaptar a nossa maneira de viver, plantar e construir. O...
