Infrastructure and Services

Eco-construction et renforcement des compétences communautaires en commune de Thiaré, Sénégal

Dans le cadre du projet de reconstruction de 210 cases en commune de Thiaré, une mission de 3 mois a permis d’analyser les différentes possibilités d’amélioration de l’habitat afin de rendre les constructions plus durables et résistantes aux inondations. Ce rapport présente les résultats de plusieurs phases de tests effectuées de juin à août 2014 […]

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पुस्तिका: पुरातात्विक महत्वका भवनहरूको मर्मतसंभारमा भुकम्पीय सुरक्षा अभिवृध्दिका उपायहरू

पुस्तिका: पुरातात्विक महत्वका भवनहरूको मर्मतसंभारमा भुकम्पीय सुरक्षा अभिवृध्दिका उपायहरू   यो पुस्तिकाले पुरातात्विक महत्वका भवनहरूको मर्मतसंभारमा भुकम्पीय सुरक्षा अभिवृध्दिका उपायहरू कसरी गर्न सकिन्छ भन्ने कुराको मार्ग निर्देशन गर्दछ। पुस्तिकाले भुकम्प तथा अन्य प्राकृतिक प्रकोपबाट साँस्कृतिक धरोहरहरू जोगाउन संरक्षणविद् तथा साँस्कृतिक समुदायहरूलाई मर्मतसंभारका जुक्तिहरू पनि दिन्छन्। नेपालमा वैशाख १२, २०७२ मा गएको ७.८ माग्निटूडको भुकम्पले ९

पुस्तिका: पुरातात्विक महत्वका भवनहरूको मर्मतसंभारमा भुकम्पीय सुरक्षा अभिवृध्दिका उपायहरू Read More »

Safer Schools, Resilient Communities: A Comparative Assessment of School Safety after the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquakes

The effects of the earthquake on Nepal’s educational infrastructure offer a rare opportunity to study whether previous interventions to improve building practices, combined with community engagement, have resulted in safer schools and communities. The primary questions considered in this study were: Firstly how did damage at purportedly disaster resistant public school buildings, whether retrofitted or

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Multi-Agency Resource Center – MARC: Planning Resource

Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC), can be an efficient way to deliver services to individuals and families affected by a disaster by bringing together multiple service providers in a single location and providing on-site assistance. This resource is intended to support MARC planning and implementation in situations where communities have identified a MARC model as the

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Business Case for Adapting Buildings to Climate Change

Innovate UK’s Design for Future Climate, Adapting Buildings programme has produced a report and summary on how buildings can be prepared for climate change. This report analyses the drivers that affect the market for professional building design services to ready buildings for the changing climate. Recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports confirm the

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NSET Report 2014: Safer Society

The 2014 Report by National Society for Earthquake Technology -Nepal (NSET) presents an account of NSET’s endeavors and activities towards the enhancement of disaster resilience of communities in Nepal during the past year. The report includes NSET’s initiatives towards i) reducing earthquake risk and building resilience of communities, ii) assisting municipalities in building code implementation in

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