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Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. Humanitarian organisations often have more experience of disaster response in rural settings, and local authorities...
Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century and A Summaryfor Policy Makers were researched and written by a team led by Abhas K. Jha (Task Team Leader,...
Every year vulnerable communities across the country prepare themselves for the risk and reality of devastating floods of the type that affected 20 million people in 2010. Realising that the...
These notes are the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in order to assist them in making crucial decisions for post-earthquake recovery and...
"Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters" was developed to assist policy makers and project managers engaged in large-scale post-disaster...
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...