..., and Turkey, as well as their contribution to the future reconstruction of the country. Over the past few years, the Syrian regime and its allies targeted many cities and destroyed opposition-held neighborhoods. The work considers if this destruction was part of an overall strategy adopted by the al-Assad...

... to the principles of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), more can be done to support the process of safer reconstruction among self-rebuilders. This paper argues the case for the humanitarian community to link post-disaster shelter programming with the more developmental approach of communicating building safety...

..., the paper suggests strategies for improved post-disaster (re-)construction. © 2006 Open House International 2006 Licensed re-use rights only. Housing Design Earthquake Housing Policy Residential Quality Reconstruction RECONSTRUCTION OF SATISFACTORY AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE NEIGHBOURHOODS...

...Pedro Ferradas Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) recently completed the systematisation of their reconstruction projects which were implemented between the early 1990s and the year 2003 in the poor areas of Peru affected by disasters or internal war. Within these projects...