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Haiti's earthquake of 12thJanuary 2010 killed over 220 000 people, injured 300. 000, left well over one million homeless, and destroyed infrastructure, services andhomes. The cost of...
The study had three main objectives: to develop research tools to be used for profiling urban IDPs, including to make population estimates;Internal Displacement to Urban Areas: the Tufts-IDMC...
A case study on the destruction and redbuilding of a single families shelter after cylclone Sidr.
This document aimed at school administrators and those responsible for school maintenance examines 19 non-structural elements to identifiy retrofit techniques that can be introduced to mitigate...
Use of satellite data to make initial damage assessments. Case study from the Bam, Iran earthquake of 26 December 2003.
Learning from Earthquakes : : A field report on structural and geotechnical damages sustained during the 26 January 2001 Mag. 7. 9 Bhuj Earthquake in Western India. Mostly annotated photos showing...
Case Studies on Climate Change Adaptation'The IASC Task Force on Climate Change together with the UNISDR have started a regional and national level consultation process among the IASC...
This study looks at natural disasters and forced displacement in the context of climate change. It has two aims: �rstly, to provide an estimate of forced displacementrelated to disasters in 2008...
Despite the hundreds of shelter projects completed around the world every year after conflicts and natural disasters, there are few compilations of case studies and best practices. As a result, an...
Between 22 October and 1 November 1998, Hurricane Mitch, a 180-mph Category 5 storm, theworst to hit the Gulf of Mexico in 200 years, swept through a number of Central Americancountriesdevastating...