Purpose – Disasters provide physical, social, economic, political and environmental development windows of opportunity particularly through housing and infrastructure reconstruction. The reconstruction process should not be neglected due to the opportunistic nature of facilitating innovation in development. In this respect, postdisaster ‘infrastructure’ reconstruction plays a critical role in d...

Thinking resiliency in terms of housing features for post disaster reconstruction (PDHR) is a paramount initiative after disaster. Therefore, the aim this research to ascertain demands victims and propose wind-resistant, resilient prototype that would be affordable. Based on three-month survey region severely damaged by Cyclone SIDR Bangladesh, argues PDHR’s planning are significantly short vic...

SUMMARY Purpose: study optimization location-allocation of emergency shelter for Earthquake after destructive earthquake disaster, so as to prevent or reduce the damage caused by the earthquake and its secondary disasters, to guide the resettlement and reconstruction of post-disaster. Methods: basis on GIS, by applying the location-allocation optimization of P-center model of geographical space...

INTRODUCTION This is a follow up study on rescue workers participating in the primary rescue during and immediately after the explosion of a firework factory. We aimed to estimate the possible PTSD prevalence at five and 18 months post disaster, determining if the level of PTSD symptoms at 18 months could be predicted from factors measured at five months. METHODS We included measures of postt...

Capacity development has become an embedded component of the aid package offered by international organisations responding to humanitarian crises. The effectiveness capacity is, however, rarely monitored or examined. What is more, local context and learning preferences trainees appear often be overlooked. Yet, informal construction sector thriving throughout world. Using a case study Nepal, whe...

This paper examines households' participation in community-based disaster management western Nepal based on the secondary and primary data sets under framework of explorative descriptive statistics. As a result study, multi-hazards occurred. Out these multi-hazards, catchment areas community were disaster-prone by flood landslide more than other hazards: insects, drought, animals, etc. terms se...

Natural disasters cause significant adverse social and financial impacts by damaging homes infrastructure. These also need a quick immediate solution to post-disaster housing problems, provide temporary services for short-term disaster relief reconstruction of lost damaged houses complete recovery. Reconstruction new permanent victims is one the most time-consuming activities. However, time vit...

This research aims to understand the organizational network typology of large--scale disaster intervention in developing countries and to understand the complexity of post--disaster intervention, through the use of network theory based on empirical data from post--tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia, during 2005/-2007. The findings suggest that the ‘ degrees of separation’ (or network dia...

BACKGROUND African disaster-affected populations are poorly represented in disaster mental health literature. AIMS To compare systematically assessed mental health in populations directly exposed to terrorist bombing attacks on two continents, North America and Africa. METHOD Structured diagnostic interviews compared citizens exposed to bombings of the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya (n=227) a...

Typhoon disaster is a major threat to the economy and personnel safety in coastal areas. After disaster, objective assessment of typhoon economic losses can provide an important reference for post-disaster rescue reconstruction improve scientific decision making. In this study, social media data, causing factors, bearing carriers (exposure vulnerability) other factors traditional disasters were...