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Author(s) Jha, Abhas K.; Duyne Barenstein, Jennifer; Phelps, Priscilla M.; Pittet, Daniel; Sena, Stephen

Safer homes, stronger communities: a handbook for reconstructing after natural disasters

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World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)

This handbook was developed to assist policy makers and project managers engaged principally in large-scale post-disaster reconstruction programs make decisions about how to reconstruct housing and communities, a complex series of decisions that, taken together, will affect the communities involved for many years. However, the handbook should be useful to communities and professionals involved in any type of post-disaster housing and community reconstruction project.

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Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters PDF, 32.4 MB English

Last checked: 26 September 2022

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Themes Preparedness Data and information management Recovery Recovery planning Shelter and housing Structural safety Urban risk and planning
ISBN/ISSN/DOI
9780821682684
Number of pages
370 p.
Publication year
2010

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