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The main objective of the Plan is to provide the Municipality of Babahoyo and the cantonal entities with a quick guide for the COE to act in the event of an emergency associated with floods

This Guidance Note provides a suggested framework for compensating teachers in fragile states, situations of displacement, and post-crisis recovery—situations where teachers are often underpaid or not paid at all.

COBRA 2006 - the construction and building research conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:

This exploratory paper considers the need for a more expansive view of the life cycle of infrastructure projects. This revised life cycle

This report deals with issues of long-term recovery from 'natural' disasters and identifies and explores the nature of the perceived gap - in funding, management and delivery – between the initial humanitarian relief phase following major disasters, and

A report on the responses to hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and their effect on the state of housing:

With the only point of consensus being that “things could have been done better”, this paper looks at the responses to disaster to see if any

Considerations in developing holistic recovery programs after the tsunami disaster - fostering integral human development:

This paper seeks to apply the Integral Human Development (IHD) framework in the context of tsunami, demonstrating how it can be

This document explains that "disaster and conflict" is one of the six priority areas of work UNEP has identified. Through the Disasters and Conflicts programme, UNEP provides four core services to Member States: post-crisis environmental assessments, post

In this report, OCHA reaffirms its engagement to continue to work closely with its partners in 2009 in continuing to strengthen the humanitarian system, not only in relation to response but also prevention and preparedness.

This report is organised into