Shelter / Housing

This report describes the human loss and assessment of damage to physical assets, the subsequent losses sustained across all economic activities, and the impact of the disaster on both the national economy and household-level activities and well-being.

Over the past several decades, inter-governmental agencies, government officials, United Nations and NGO field staff and others working in protection or support capacities with refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have become increasingly

The Government of Madagascar undertook a comprehensive damage and loss and needs assessment to ascertain the extent of the damages caused by the three consecutive cyclones in 2008, and to define a comprehensive and feasible recovery plan.

This Needs Assessment guides the design and investment prioritization of the proposed Kosi Flood Recovery project. It provides a damage overview in key sectors to identify priority interventions and progress made.

Este manual se ha realizado, por lo tanto, con el propósito de que sirva como una guía técnica idónea en donde se presentan alternativas de intervención o rehabilitación sísmica para disminuir la vulnerabilidad de las edificaciones existentes de adobe y

The aim of the assessment is to identify priority areas to support the Government of Bangladesh in cyclone recovery efforts as well as to design a disaster management strategy.

Consise set of guidelines detailing the reconstruction of housing affected by 2004 Indian Ocean and Tsunami. Main sections include: disaster and effects, construction and planning aspects for resistance against disasters, retrofitting of exiting buildings, repairs and strengthening of buildings.

Newsletter: Housing by people in Asia, no. 16, August 2005

Among the tsunami’s victims were tourists, tycoons, a prince and many ordinary traders, workers, pilgrims and families enjoying their day off. But it was overwhelmingly the poor who suffered the

As Plan’s commitment to the communities and children in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka reaches the halfway stage, 2 years after the disaster, this report scrutinizes goals achieved, and the factors responsible for their achievement: the psychosocial

One of the areas of importance to effective risk reduction lies in the provision of safe, structurally secure shelter, which is closely related to the sustainability issues of the type of construction, for example. It is important for the reconstruction