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PSB2 What we are doing and where we are going with the research…

PSB2 What we are doing and where we are going with the research…

The majority of disaster affected communities self-recover.. Families and communities rebuild using their own resources with little or no support from outside agencies. Research shows that the number of shelters constructed by aid agencies within the first year after a

Luisa Miranda Morel May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 Outputs of the Project, Project Read more

2017 World Habitat Awards announced: Post-Haiyan Self-Recovery Housing Programme, Philippines

2017 World Habitat Awards announced:  Post-Haiyan Self-Recovery Housing Programme, Philippines

Supporting Self-Recovery in practice This programme supported the ‘self-recovery’ of lives and homes after the typhoon hit, by providing guidance, equipment, cash grants and technical assistance. By using locally available materials and debris from destroyed houses they have helped families

Luisa Miranda Morel December 12, 2017 Outputs of the Project Read more

Supporting Self-Recovery: An interdisciplinary perspective

Supporting Self-Recovery: An interdisciplinary perspective

It’s a pleasure to present the Self-recovery from disasters: an interdisciplinary perspective working paper. This paper is published by ODI (in collaboration with CARE UK, BGS and UCL) and presents the findings from the Promoting Safer Building pilot research project in

Luisa Miranda Morel December 4, 2017 Outputs of the Project Read more

Marking the end of the PSB pilot project and an opening for its new phase…

Marking the end of the PSB pilot project and an opening for its new phase…

With a multidisciplinary conference: 13th of July In July we held a Multidisciplinary Conference that sought to present the project field work methods and learning from post-typhoon interventions in the Philippines and post-earthquake interventions in Nepal and host a number

Luisa Miranda Morel August 24, 2017November 20, 2017 Our Network, Outputs of the Project Read more

Self-Recovery in Nepal: Reflecting with practitioners

Self-Recovery in Nepal: Reflecting with practitioners

From theory to practice The Nepal research case study took place from the 18th of April until the 01st of May 2017 in several communities within Dhading District, which was devastated by the earthquakes of 2015.  Building on the success

Luisa Miranda Morel July 18, 2017August 24, 2017 Our Network, Outputs of the Project Read more

End of Pilot Project Conference on the 13th of July!

End of Pilot Project Conference on the 13th of July!

Brief update on the research The Promoting Safer Building Programme is a multidisciplinary research study being carried out by an alliance between CARE International UK (CARE UK), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), University College London-EPICentre (EPICentre) and the British Geological Survey

Luisa Miranda Morel July 7, 2017August 24, 2017 Outputs of the Project Read more

PSB at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR)

PSB at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR)

Last week our team presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) conference in Cancun, Mexico. IGNITE Our IGNITE presentation was given by Santosh Sharma from CARE Nepal on the subject of Promoting safer self-recovery after a disaster  Background:

Luisa Miranda Morel May 31, 2017June 20, 2017 Our Network, Outputs of the Project Read more

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