Best practice in shelter: Key resources

World Bank data and SciDev.Net are among several information sources on climate change impacts, especially in resource-poor countries. International donors: DFID, World Bank, USAID UN agencies: UNHCR, UN-Habitat, UNDP, UNISDR, UNOPS, OHCHR Red Cross: IFRC, national Red Cross or Red Crescent Societie...

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Published inSciDev.net - Governance
Main Author Monica Wolfe Murray
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford 16.11.2015
Subjects
Accountability
Architecture
Best practice
Building components
Case studies
Construction
Consultancy services
Disasters
Displaced persons
Housing
Humanitarianism
Information services
Information sources
Innovations
Technological change
Trends
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Summary:World Bank data and SciDev.Net are among several information sources on climate change impacts, especially in resource-poor countries. International donors: DFID, World Bank, USAID UN agencies: UNHCR, UN-Habitat, UNDP, UNISDR, UNOPS, OHCHR Red Cross: IFRC, national Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies International NGOs: Habitat for Humanity, Oxfam, Care, Practical Action, IRC, Acted, Shelter Box, World Vision, RedR Intergovernmental or interagency bodies: IOM, ALNAP, Global Shelter Cluster Think-tanks: CENDEP, ODI, IIED, ENHR, CRED The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) explains the right to housing in a factsheet, and provides further documentation including a toolkit and indicators for defining adequate housing. An information sheet published by the consultancy Humanitarian Benchmark, 8 key messages for safer reconstruction in Philippines identifies simple, low-cost, easily adopted building elements that reduce vulnerability to specific hazards — showing that effective DRR measures don’t have to be highly technical or expensive.