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Arup was commissioned to carry out a structural review to assess and validate nine selected shelter designs for the IFRC. This document summarises the information gathered for and the key outcomes...
Housing and sanitation are often approached as two separate problems. With much debate surrounding the equitable and inclusive design and procurement of housing this often falls short of...
On the morning of October 8, 2005 the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Pakistani administered state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in Northern Pakistan were devastated by a tremendous...
This book addresses sustainable planning and construction after natural events such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, etc. and asserts it is yet possible, in theory and in practice, to construct...
Maggie Stephenson, UN-Habitat, offered an additional presentation and then opened the discussion on the aftermath of the Pakistan earthquake in which some 600,000 houses had been destroyed, and...
This project provided shelter assistance to 10,000 refugees and migrants living in the unplanned “Jungle” camp in Calais. It was implemented by a volunteer-run network with limited capacities in a...
Low-income families living in substandard housing are among those most vulnerable to natural and man-made hazards and the turmoil of armed conflicts. The devastation resulting from disasters...
"Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Northern Pakistan have caused disproportionate levels of extreme flooding and unprecedented flood losses across the entire Indus River basin. Extensive land...
Refugee operations are often typified by the need to make quick decisions - decisions which if not based on the best available information, may risk jeopardising the lives and welfare of large...
Much of the death toll from earthquakes results from collapsing masonry and buildings and another key factor is the reality that these deaths primarily occur in the dwellings of low-income...