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Case studies relating to the disposal and reuse of post-disaster waste.
This paper argues the case for the humanitarian community to link post-disaster shelter programming with the more developmental approach of communicating building safety to a much wider audience...
This study evaluates cases where self-built housing is applied by NGO's as a strategy for post-disaster recovery of low-income groups and indicates opportunities for further research.
The people and agencies involved in post-disaster relief operations would naturally like to utilize their limited resources in best possible way. The various shelter options and technologies...
This study investigates the differences and similarities that exist between flood and rainstorm victims in rural and urban communities of Kwara State, Nigeria. The study obtained data from a...
This academic study aims at sensitizing practitioners and stakeholders involved in postdisaster
reconstruction about the advantages of employing renewable energy and
alternative...
This document describes bamboo preservation techniques, and potential structures.
Although intended primarily for use in refugee relief operations, the materials have a much wider application. There is still some discussion of details amongst technical agencies but in general...
The long written history claims that disaster events have resulted worldwide in dreadful damages during the past thousand years. In 1999, Turkey faced two major earthquakes -7. 4 and 7. 2 Richter...
A comparative analysis of the organisational designs of four different housing projects that shows the participation of users in up-front decision-making and the results in terms of building...