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This manual is designed to assist builders, architects and engineers in making the right decisions on construction in high wind areas. Every home is unique and there are no general recommendations...
This guide for education leaders and facilities developers focuses on the safety of school buildings and their occupants. Noting the economic losses and social disruption caused by building damage...
This publication is intended to provide design guidance for theprotection of school buildings and their occupants against naturalhazards, and concentrates on grade schools (K-12); the focus is...
This tool is designed to help you estimate the pull resistance required of the footing of a shelter to help the shelter survive a storm. Inside the tool (README tab) you will find some tips on how...
This document can also be found at: https://www.colorado.edu This presentation examines Safety of Post-Disaster Shelter in Extreme Wind Events: Implications...
Typhoon Bopha (known in the Philippines as Pablo) made landfall on the island of Mindanao early on 4 December 2012 bringing heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 210 km/h (130mph). The typhoons high...
We all feel emotionl, we all get upset, can feel low, angry and overjoyed, but when do these emotional responses become something of abnormal ?
The report aims to facilitate greater coordination among and within agencies to address these complex issues and hopes to encourage high-level political buy-in to support the implementation of...
Aims to investigate the present housing condition in southern part of Bangladesh to develop and establish a comprehensive, safe and economical design concept, so that people under poverty can...
Case study prepared as part of a project, Evaluation of PostDisasterHousing Education as a Local Mitigation Approach. It examines the post-cyclone reconstruction program designed and conducted...