Analysing the issue of shelter from the perspective
of the survivor, rather than through the traditional perspective of donors
and other assisting groups, this study aims to provide policy and programme
guidelines on emergency shelter and post-disaster housing.
It aims to cover the entire disaster spectrum
- including disaster preparedness, disaster relief, post-disaster reconstruction
and prevention.
The guidelines are aimed at disaster management
personnel within the governments of disaster prone countries, non-governmental,
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