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This living document looks at host community support in post-Earthquake Haiti. It provides initial guidelines using a multi-sectoral approach to tracking displaced people, understanding their...
Every year, natural events, such as earthquakes, floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts cause huge humanitarian and economic damage around the world. Although we are now better able to identify...
Flash floods and hill torrents triggered by heavy monsoon rains once again fell across Pakistan in early September 2012, claiming
over 400 lives and causing further widespread damage to...
In July and August 2010, torrential rains triggered widespread flooding in Pakistan affecting over 18 million people, around one-tenth of the country’s population. 29 districts were severely...
More than three years into the Syrian conflict which has led to a protracted humanitarian crisis with regional dimensions, over 2.8 million people have sought safety and protection in...
The influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan has put considerable strain on the local housing market. As the Syrian conflict enters is fourth year, there are now more than 600,000 registered Syrian...
Mrs. Sarah Ernst from Architecture Sans Frontières (ASF) presented the draft version of the guide "Reducing RIsk and Promoting Sustainability", with a case study of...
Early debates on post-disaster housing recovery centered on cultural and technological appropriateness of housing recovery programs. The focus on materials, technology, and climate missed larger...
This handbook summarizes the experiences and lessons learned from the implementation of a community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) component in the context of IOM post-disaster recovery...
This session will look at both the security hazards and the natural hazards that effect the construction and planning of settlements.