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Accountability as a Program of Philosophy
This paper is an attempt to bring into perspective the issue of accountability to victims as it relates to relief and the provision of housing in disaster situations. It is implied herein that making post-disaster housing ...
Establishing a Focal Point for Flood Preparedness.
The establishment of a permanent focal point for flood preparedness and emergency response requires careful consideration. Planners must first define the elements of the total response and the systems necessary to implement ...
CMU/INTERTECT Emergency Shelter Team Reports : The 1977 International Disaster Preparedness Seminar
(INTERTECTAdvanced Building Studies Program, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1977)
Disasters and the Small Dwelling : The State of the Art
(INTERTECT, 1978)
In discussions of disasters, emergency shelter and post-disaster housing, there is often a tendency to forget that disasters are more than events which cause death, injuries and destruction to property. In order to understand ...
Issues Related to the Provision of Emergency Shelter in Winter Conditions
(INTERTECT, 1977)
The purpose of this paper is to identify and clarify the salient issues and options related to emergency shelter provision in winter conditions, based on the experience in Turkey in 1976 where eastern Turkey was struck by ...
Proposals for an Emergency or Permanent Rural Community Utility Development and Sanitation Program
(INTERTECTTrident Engineering Company, 1975-10)
This proposal is aimed at a multi-phase program (1) to investigate completely the feasibility of having simple water, sewer and electrical systems capable of assisting to provide, protect and improve, the health and welfare ...