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Disaster waste is a well-recognized threat to health, safety and the environment, and can also be a major impediment to post-disaster rescue operations. Experience shows that disaster waste is...
Case studies relating to the disposal and reuse of post-disaster waste.
This booklet is a short guide for shelter practitioners with little experience of centralised disaster waste settings, mainly in response to large disasters. It highlights key issues and...
More than 20 percent of the debris is recycled to make tiles, stairs and paving stones. So far, 80 percent of the 10 million cubic metres of rubble from the earthquake have been cleared from the...
The "Debris Management" Collection compiles resources relating to post-disaster debris management. When a natural disaster or a conlfict strikes a community, huge amounts of debris are produced....
Describes the INSARAG methodology for international urban search and rescue (USAR) operations and the policy that underpins it. It describes INSARAG and how it operates, the roles of affected...
This guidelines documents Stanford's approach for the analysis and design of new and existing facilities on campus. The guidelines are based on the concept of performance-based design, from the...