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How to do a VCA: A practical step-by-step guide for Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers

This document is intended as a simple and practical guide for National Society staff and volunteers who wish to undertake a local-level VCA, as part of their community programming strategy. Vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) was developed to enable National Societies to help communities understand the hazards that affect them and take appropriate measures to […]

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Retrofitting of Commmon Frame Structural (Pillar System) Houses

This publication is a consice version of the results and suggestions of the research project – Development of Seismic Retrofitting Scheme for Typical Nepali Non-Engineered Masonry Infill Reinforced Concrete Framed Buildings – conducted by Ms. Hima Shreshta, Structural Engineer of NSET, under the Applied Research Grants Program for Disaster Risk Reduction Round II funded by

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What are the tricks for Constructing Earthquake-resistant Buildings?

“This booklet targets the key players in the construction process of non-engineered building construction aiming to empower them with the new knowledge to fulfill the basic requirements of earthquake resistant buildings. This booklet can be distributed to the comunities, to the social workers and disaster related organizations as an awareness tool for creating the demand

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كيف نجعل المدن أكثر قدرة على مجابهة الكوارث: دليل قيادات الحكومات المحلية

حيث أن أكثر من نصف عد سكان العالم الآن يعشون في المناطق الحضرية، فإن جعل المدن أكثر أمنا يمثل تحديا طويل الأمد ولكن يمكن تحقيقه. والمدن هي محركات النمو الوطني، وتتسم بالحيوية في نظم حكمها وقدراتها. وعلى مرور التاريخ، أعاقت الأحداث الكارثية الحياة الحضرية. فالمناخ المتطرف والمتغير، والزلازل ، والطوارئ الناجمة عن المخاطر التي من

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