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The presentation offers a case study from Vietnam, where annual flooding in the Mekong delta caused damage to one million homes. The case study illustrates how, instead of makeshift repairs using...
The speaker presented shelter frames designed to be used in flood prone areas of Vietnam. He explored how they can be adapted to different risk situations. The speaker also elaborated on how the...
Presentation on south-to-south learning:
1) HFHI’s Latin American and the Caribbean catalogue of past shelter experience (in fashion of Shelter Projects)
2) Roll...
Laura Heykoop from NARRI presented "Flood Resistant Shelter Program in SW Bangladesh" at Shelter Meeting 12a.
The presentation...
Welcome address of Mr. Rudolf Müller - Chief, Emergency Services Branch, OCHA Geneva.
This presentation, given by Joanna Read, Shelter Centre, summarised the field trip undertaken in November 2010 to Pakistan to evaluate Transitional Shelters built following the Kashmir earthquake...
This presentation covered topics including-
1. Introduction and guidelines
2. Definition of transitional shelters
3. 10 transitional shelter principles
4. 5 design...
This project details a project in Colombia, in the Choco' area and a Colombian RC “NLRC project, which is close to completion. The project is a truly inspiring example of ˜DRR in action!', which...
The FEMA Damage Assessment Operations Manual is intended to expedite decision-making and the delivery of assistance by defining national standards for assessing damage and clearly outlining the...
This booklet has been developed as part of the IFRC Global Shelter Programme. This programme focuses on developing best practice and policy in sheltering, building the human resources capacity of...