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This manual describes how to build disaster-resistant shelters. Catholic Relief Services used this guide to build flood-resistant shelters in West Bengal.
We are proud to announce the release of the Structure Pilot report, in partnership with...
This presentation highlights the seismic risk present in low-income informal and semi-formal settlements in the urban context of north India, where vertical additions to non-engineered structures...
This report deals with the problems encountered by the poor in their struggle to find shelter, specifically addressing how current shelter policies are leaving the poor out of the shelter-delivery...
Communities have been successfully managing disasters in the past. Yet, there are a few shortcomings that need to be addressed. The participation of the community as the first responder in...
This report uses the Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000 as the basis for describing "enabling" strategies and processes in the field of shelter provision and improvement. A...
In Gujarat, CRS’ resilient shelter project aimed to enhance local construction technology with the introduction of Compressed Stabilized Earth Block (CSEB) technology. This sustainable technology...
This academic study aims at sensitizing practitioners and stakeholders involved in postdisaster
reconstruction about the advantages of employing renewable energy and
alternative...
Construction of shelters along vulnerable coastal areas is one of the important cyclone mitigation measures. These guidelines address conditions in the north Bay of Bengal, where storm surge...