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This session will look at both the security hazards and the natural hazards that effect the construction and planning of settlements.
Shailesh Kataria from RICS Disaster Management Commission presented the ‘Built Environment Professions in the Disaster Risk Reduction and Response’. The booklet is a guide for humanitarian...
This study shows a positive relationship between women physical and mental health and housing conditions.
Support Municipalities in Diffa with high POC concentration: 6’000 households benefiting from a land parcel & potable water (42’000 poc); 4’000 of these households benefiting from social...
This presentation covered topics including-
1. challenges and achievements of appropriate school reconstruction in vulnerable areas.
2. Design challenges
3. Structural...
This presentation covers three aspects of bamboo production and its use in sustainable construction: 1) traditional uses of bamboo architecture 2) challenges to make them mainstream, and 3) good...
Shelter Standard 7 -Environmental sustainability: Shelter and settlement assistance minimises any negative programme impact on the natural environment.
This 3-hour curriculum provides an overview of the emergency response process, introducing learners to tools they can use for assessing environmental risks, contingency planning, and preparing for...
Throughout the humanitarian programme cycle of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, a range of guidelines, manuals, toolkits and mechanisms have been developed to support the decision-...