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Resource Guide for Guidance Notes for Safer School Construction (Materials collected as of 8 May 2009) Planning School Construction in Developing Countries: What do we know? 2002 By Serge Theunynck This paper discusses school construction using the cost, and attempts to reduce it, as the unifying thread. http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/Theunynck%20(2002)%20School %20Construction%20in%20Developing%20Countires.pdf School Buildings and Natural Disasters (1982) By D J Vickery UNESCO, Paris. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0005/000502/050280eb.pdf Emergency Shelter Cluster-Consultation Process: Services and Tools http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/SM06b-ShelterClusterServicesTools.ppt PowerPoint Presentation reviews who to involve in this process and how to organize the process. Handbook for Educational Buildings Planning Educational buildings and equipment 9 UNESCO Paris (1988) By Almeida, Rodolfo http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp? _nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED326985&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED32 6985 Stages in the educational facility planning process are presented in this handbook, with a second focus on implementation. The Honduras School Facility Master Plan 2004 By Schools for the Children of the World http://www.schoolsforchildren.org/pdf/abbrv_guidelines_english.pdf These guidelines are meant to be a tool that can be used by design professionals and local communities to plan new schools and renovate the existing facilities, and to assist with the familiarization of typical rural and urban schools. Saint Lucia Outline for National Reporting and Information on Disaster Risk Reduction for the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (2005) http://www.preventionweb.net/files/908_Saint-Lucia-report.pdf Natural Disasters Data Book (2006) http://www.adrc.asia/publications/databook/DB2006_e.html Advocacy/Policy Keeping Schools Safe from Earthquakes 2004 By OECD
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Resource Guide for Guidance Notes for Safer School Construction (Materials collected as of 8 May 2009)
Planning
School Construction in Developing Countries: What do we know? 2002By Serge TheunynckThis paper discusses school construction using the cost, and attempts to reduce it, as the unifyingthread. http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/Theunynck%20(2002)%20School%20Construction%20in%20Developing%20Countires.pdf
School Buildings and Natural Disasters (1982) By D J Vickery UNESCO, Paris. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0005/000502/050280eb.pdf
Emergency Shelter Cluster-Consultation Process: Services and Toolshttp://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/SM06b-ShelterClusterServicesTools.ppt PowerPoint Presentation reviews who to involve in this process and how to organize the process.
Handbook for Educational Buildings Planning Educational buildings and equipment 9 UNESCO Paris (1988)By Almeida, Rodolfohttp://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED326985&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED326985 Stages in the educational facility planning process are presented in this handbook, with a second focus on implementation.
The Honduras School Facility Master Plan 2004By Schools for the Children of the Worldhttp://www.schoolsforchildren.org/pdf/abbrv_guidelines_english.pdfThese guidelines are meant to be a tool that can be used by design professionals and local communities to plan new schools and renovate the existing facilities, and to assist with the familiarization of typical rural and urban schools.
Saint Lucia Outline for National Reporting and Information on Disaster Risk Reduction for the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (2005) http://www.preventionweb.net/files/908_Saint-Lucia-report.pdf
Natural Disasters Data Book (2006)http://www.adrc.asia/publications/databook/DB2006_e.html
Advocacy/Policy
Keeping Schools Safe from Earthquakes 2004By OECD http://browse.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/pdfs/browseit/9504021E.PDF This report is the product of an ad hoc experts’ meeting held at the OECD in Paris from 9 to 11 February 2004 on earthquake safety in schools.
National Plan to Reduce the Vulnerability of School buildings to Natural Disasters: Antigua and Barbuda (1998)By Government of Antigua and Barbuda, OAS, USAID, ECHO http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/15/d2/85.pdf This document outlines the existing conditions of school buildings and their vulnerability to natural hazards and makes recommendations on how to better protect them from these hazards.
Housing Construction in Earthquake Prone Places: Perspectives, Priorities and Projections for Development By James Lewis 2003
http://www.sheltercentre.org/library/housing+construction+earthquake+prone+places+perspectives+priorities+projections+development Argues the requirement for improved building development in earthquake-prone countries
The Quito Ecuador School Earthquake Safety Project 1995By A GeoHazards International Publication http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=3931 Evaluates vulnerability of Quito’s Public schools to Earthquakes, and exploring means to make existing schools stronger and any progress that has been made in this direction
Tool Box for Global Disaster ReductionBy Global Alliance for Global Disaster Reductionhttp://www.gadr.giees.uncc.edu/toolbox.cfm The "tools" in the Toolbox will help researchers, practitioners, stakeholders, and policy makers find the common agenda of political and technical solutions. It seems the actual toolbox must be ordered.
School Seismic Safety: Falling Between the Cracks 2004By Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman, Tracy Monk, Jitendra Kumar Bothara, David Alexander, Amod Mani Dixit, Djillali Benouar, Omar Dario Cardona, Ram Chandra Kandel, Marla Petalhttp://fsssbc.org/downloads/SchoolSeismicSafetyFallingBetweentheCracks.pdf Reviews case studies in several countries and discusses their experiences with earthquakes, the state of their schools and the actions taken to find solutions. This includes advocacy efforts with human rights arguments, cost-effectiveness arguments, and thinking of schools as community centers.
Let our Children Teach Us! A Review of the Role of Education and Knowledge in Risk Reduction 2006By Ben Wisner This review examines good practices to reduce disaster risk through education, knowledge and innovation (including efforts to protect schools from extreme natural events)http://www.unisdr.org/eng/task%20force/working%20groups/knowledge-education/docs/Let-our-Children-Teach-Us.pdf
Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction: Guidance Notes for Development Organisations 2007By Charlotte Benson and John Twigg with Tiziana Rossetto http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=1066 Series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organizations in adapting programming, project appraisal and evaluation tools to mainstream disaster risk reduction into their development work in hazard-prone countries. The series is also of relevance to stakeholders involved in climate change adaptation.
Institutionalizing Disaster Risk Reduction in Schools: Lessons for South Asia (2008)http://www.preventionweb.net/files/8112_811255Sad.netSchoolSafety.pdf Reviews Disaster Management Efforts and provides the perspectives of students and teachers.
Schools and Infrastructure Standards 2009By the Rwanda Ministry of Education http://api.ning.com/files/ekHmP-hrBOYjmzc7Lnd7K0Yc2PHFiFa*rJFDYRaRvBnAdew4pITTwcdAQJ18sfSFpYuyfwysGvnV8hxf1hjSJgFi6ua6tw6I/PrimaryTroncCommunInfrastructurestandardsJan2009finaldraft.pdf This document outlines the infrastructure standards which are expected to be meet by all Primary and Tronc Community schools in the Republic of Rwanda. Through this document the Ministry of Education of Rwanda sets out clearly the level of acceptability as a standard and gives guidance on how to achieve them. The document includes has guidelines that highlight accessibility issues for students with different types of disabilities as well as students with specific religious needs.
Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation UNESCO’s Role (2007) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001504/150435e.pdf
Impact of Disasters on the Education Sector in Cambodia 2008By ADPC
http://www.adpc.net/v2007/IKM/ONLINE%20DOCUMENTS/downloads/2008/Mar/MDRDEducationCambodiaFinal_Mar08.pdf The document asserts that inadequate technical capacity for school construction in remote/rural areas – consultants rarely travelling to remote areas to check for safety compliance – puts students at risk.
Disaster Prevention for Schools Guidance for Education Sector Decision-Makers (2008) http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=7344 International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education
Disaster Risk Reduction begins at SchoolCase Studies http://www.unisdr.org/eng/public_aware/world_camp/2006-2007/case-study-en.htm
Private Sector Activities in Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned (2008) ISDR http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=7519
Safe Schools for the Community: Earthquake Resistant Buildings in India www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/drm/cr/res13100801.doc Sanjaya Bhatia Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Islamabad Declaration on School Safety (2008) http://www.schoolsafetyconference.org/Islamabad%20Declaration.pdf International Conference on School Safety Islamabad, Pakistan May 16, 2008 Top of the Class! Governments can reduce the risks of disasters through SchoolsBy Yasmin McDonnell, Jack Campbell ActionAid http://www.actionaid.org/assets/pdf%5C626_Action%20Aid%20FINAL%20PUBLISHED%20VERSION.pdf
Learning from the World Bank’s Experience of Natural Disaster Related Assistance (1999) By Roy Gilbert and Alcira Kreimer http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDISMGMT/Resources/learningfromwb.pdf
INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction http://www.ineesite.org/page.asp?pid=1429
Safe hospitals A Collective Responsibility A global measure of disaster reductionWHO http://www.paho.org/English/dd/Ped/SafeHospitals.htm
Building Disaster Resilient Communities (2007) UNDPhttp://www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/isdr-publications/06-ngos-good-practices/ngos-good-practices.pdf
School disaster management plan - a manual for school preparedness (2007) http://ddma.delhigovt.nic.in/pages/plans.htm#
RDD: Regional development dialogue: Earthquake safety of school children 2007Vol. 28, No. 2, autumn 2007 http://www.uncrd.or.jp/pub/rdd/rdd28_2.pdf
Health, Disaster and Risk (2008) UNhttp://www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/isdr-publications/12-ISDR-Biblio-3-health-disaster-risk/ISDR-Biblio3-Health-Disaster-and-risk.pdf
World Disaster Reduction Campaign Kit: Hospitals Safe from Disasters 2008-2009http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1347_wdrc20082009informationkit.pdf This paper is meant to inspire policy for safe hospitals, but many of the points might be useful to translate for safe schools.
Impacts of Disaster on the Education Sector in Lao PDR 2008http://www.preventionweb.net/files/4004_LaoImpactsDisastersEducation.pdf By ADPCThis study on impacts of disasters on education sector in Lao PDR aims to build an evidence-based rationale to raise awareness on integrating DRR concerns into education policies and to advocate for changing practices in school construction especially in incorporating disaster risk resilient features in new school construction.
Plan Hemisferico de Accion para la Reduccion de Vulnerabilidad del Sector Educativo a los Desastres By Pedro Bastidashttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/8016_Asuntospendientesdelaplantaedsica.pdf
Building a New Techno-Legal Regime for Safer India http://www.scribd.com/doc/7816068/Building-a-Techno-Legal-Regime
Ensuring Safer Building Construction Practices in Sri Lanka By Geethi Karunaratne http://www.adpc.net/audmp/rllw/themes/th6-geethi.pdf
Disaster Resilient Schools: A tool for Universal primary Education Development Intervention Fund Madagascar A Case Study http://www.unisdr.org/eng/public_aware/world_camp/2006-2007/pdf/case-study-madagascar-en.pdf
Words into Action: A Guide for Implementing the Hyogo Frameworkhttp://www.unisdr.org/eng/hfa/docs/Words-into-action/Words-Into-Action.pdf
Hazard Resistant construction http://www.oas.org/pgdm/document/safe_hse.htm
Building and Education ResearchEdited by J. Yang and W.P. ChangISBN: 9780419238003
School Buildings in Developing CountriesBy Practical Action http://practicalaction.org/docs/technical_information_service/school_buildings_in_developing_countires.pdf
Disaster Management – Preparedness in Methodology in Assam http://data.undp.org.in/dmweb/Article-DRM%20Assam.pdf
Engineering Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction: An Overview of Codes and Standards By Sylvana Ricciarini and Jo da SilvaCovers design and construction codes and standards that address risk mitigation and building and infrastructure performance, environmental management practices, site selection and preparation guidance and urban and land use planning.
Egypt: Emergency school reconstruction project completion report. By OSHDReviews rehabilitation and reconstruction of the schools damaged during the earthquake whichoccurred in October 1992. Policy recommendations are included.
Guidelines for Promotion of Earthquake Resistant School Buildings (2003) By Department of Facilities Planning and Administration, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology JAPAN
Brief Glimpse of School Safety in Nepal (no date) By Jishnu Subedi Source: Youb Raj Paudyal
Building Guides
Construction Design, Building Standards and Site Selection, Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction- A Guidance Note (2007)By ProVention Consortium Secretariathttp://www.sheltercentre.org/library/Tools+Mainstreaming+Disaster+Risk+Reduction+Construction+Design+Building+Standards+and+Site+ Provides guidance for analysing the potential threat posed by poor construction and inappropriate land use in hazard-prone areas.
Handbook on Good Building Design and Construction: Aceh and Nias Islands (2007)By UNDP, ISDRhttp://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=1525Provides simple information to house owners, house designers and builders, andbuilding monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area.
Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings Second Edition (2006)By Edmund Booth and David Keyhttp://www.thomastelford.com/books/SampleChapters/Earthquake%20design%20practice%20for%20buildings%202nd%20ed.pdfDesign guide for practitioners and advanced students with a sound knowledge of structural design who arenot experts in seismic aspects of design, and perhaps are encountering the problem for the first time.
Protection of educational building against earthquakes: a manual for designers and builders (2002)By Kumar Bothara, Jitendra from National Society for Earthquake Technology(NSET) Nepal and Guragain, Ramesh and Dixit, Amodhttp://www.nset.org.np/nset/html/publication/pdfFiles/Manual_degbldg.pdfThe manual is primarily meant for the technical persons engaged in thedesign, construction and protection of educational buildings against earthquakes.
Engineering in Emergencies: A practical guide for relief workers (2nd Edition)By Davis, Jan and Lambert, Robert (*Book ISBN 9781853395215)The combination of 'hard' topics, such as water and sanitation, and 'soft' topics,such as managerial skills and personal effectiveness, has been retained from theoriginal edition and the book expanded to include two new chapters on security andtelecommunications.
Building with Bamboo: A Handbook. (2nd Edition)By Jules J.A. Janssen (*Book ISBN 9781853392030)The author shows how bamboo can be harvested, seasoned and jointed to form walls, doors and windows, roofs, floors, ceilings, roof trusses and bridges, and how to weave bamboo.
Thatching: A HandbookBy Nicolas Hall (*Book ISBN 9781853390609)A guide to good-quality thatching, describing in words and pictures how to achieve the maximum possible roof-life using either cultivated or naturally-occurring materials.
Building with Earth: A Handbook 1986By John NortonIntermediate Technology Publications (Practical Action) London.
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation StrategyBy ERRA, Government of Pakistanhttp://www.erra.gov.pk/Reports/Education%20Strategy%20dated%2019%20April%2006.pdfDetailed R& R strategy that includes both structural design as well as better classroom support for students.
Confined Masonry vs. RC Frame with Masonry Infill
By Build Changehttp://www.buildchange.org/PDFs/03%20Confined%20Masonry%20vs%20RC%20Frame.pdfGuidelines for Single Story Confined Masonry Houses with Lightweight (flexible) roofs
Design Guide for School Safety against Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds (2004)By FEMAhttp://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/rms/rmsp424.shtm
Whole Building Design Guide Resist Natural Hazards http://www.wbdg.org/design/resist_hazards.php This website provides guides for building design for most natural disasters. Many of the materials are from FEMA and make direct reference to building codes and standards in the U.S.
A Manual of Earthquake-Resistant building Practice (2008)By Heinz Frick and Tri Hesti Mulyani Translation by Colin Small http://kanisiusmedia.com/pdf/frick-earthquake.pdf
A Manual of Building Construction (1973)Dancy, H.K. Intermediate Technology Publications ISBN 903031086
IL 31 Bambus Bamboo (1985) Dunkelberg, Klaus Institute for Leightweight Structures, University of Stuttgarthttp://www.bamboocraft.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1261
Multi-Purpose Buildings for Disaster Situations in Thailand, Educational Buildings Occasional Paper No 8. (1996) Charanyanond, Kriangsak UNESCO, Bangkok http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0010/001049/104971e.pdf
Timber Pole Construction, an Introduction. (2000)Jayanetti, Lionel and Follet, Paul Intermediate Technology Publications ISBN 1853395021 http://www.amazon.com/Timber-Pole-Construction-Lionel-Jayanetti/dp/1853395021
Technical Principles of Building for Safety (1995)By Andrew Coburn; Richard Hughes; Antonios Pomonis & Robin SpenceIntermediate Technology Publications (Practical Action) London ISBN: 1853391824http://www.amazon.com/Technical-Principles-Building-Safety/dp/1853391824
Primary School Buildings: Standards, norms and design (1986)By Spiegeleer, Jean deUNESCO & The Department of Education, Royal Government of Bhutanhttp://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0010/001017/101760E.pdf
A Primary School Design Workbook for Humid Asia Occasional Papers, School Building No12. (1966)By Vickery, D.J UNESCO, Bangkok ASIN: B0007KFXA0
Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction (2004) http://www.nicee.org/IAEE_English.php
Escuela Segura en Territorio Seguro (2008)By UNICEFhttp://www.crid.or.cr/digitalizacion/pdf/spa/doc17181/doc17181.htm
Safe Schools in Safe Territories (2008) By UNICEFhttp://www.ineesite.org/uploads/documents/store/Safe%20Schools%20in%20Safe%20Territories.pdf
Guía para la Protección de Establecimientos de Salud ante Desastres Naturaleshttp://www.preven tionweb.net/files/1951_VL206308.pdf
Guide to Protect Health Facilities against Natural Disasters. Includes suggestions on structural design.
Manual de Constuccion, Evaluacion y Rehabiltacion sismo Resistente en Viviendas de Mamposteria (2001)Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sísmica - LA REDhttp://www.desenredando.org/public/libros/2001/cersrvm/index.html
Manual para la Rehabilitacion de Viviendas Construidas en Adobe y Tapia Pisada (2005) Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería SísmicaPresidencia de la República - Red de Solidaridadhttp://www.desenredando.org/public/libros/2005/csrvbe/index.html
Manual de Construccion sismo resistente de vivienda en bahareque Encenmentado (2001)Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sísmica - LA REDhttp://www.desenredando.org/public/libros/2001/csrvbe/index.html
Manual de Evaluacion, Rehabilitacion y Refuerzo de Viviendas de Bahareques tradicionales construidas con anterioridad de la vigencia del decreto Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería SísmicaPresidencia de la República - Red de Solidaridadhttp://www.desenredando.org/public/libros/2005/cersrvm/index.html
Primary School Construction in Sierra Leone UNDP (1992)By Wakeham, Nigel http://www.ineesite.org/uploads/documents/store/Primary%20School%20Construction%20in%20Sierra%20Leone.pd f
Report on Winding up of Emergency Construction of the SCISLBy D.M.S.DissanayakeOverview and lesson learnt from the construction of schools in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami in 2004.
Spectral Displacement-Based Probabilistic Structural Fragility Analysis of a standardized Public School Building in Istanbul.By Ufuk Haniclair, Eser Durukal, Guillermo Franco, Mustafa Erdik,George Deodatis, Andrew SmythCurrent study is the continuation of an earlier investigation on characterization of structural fragilities associated with typical school buildings in Istanbul.
Design Data for Light Timber Framed Construction. Public Works Department, Suva, Fiji.
School Building Design Asia. ARISBA Colombo, Sri Lanka
National Building Code and Home Building Manual for Solomon Islands (1990). Pacific Building Standards Project, Suva, Fiji
Tongyai Tongyai Somchai Ekapayakul, M K (1990) Programming Guide for Primary School Improvement Programmes, A Case Study: Thailand. UNESCO, Bangkok
Draft Building Guidelines for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean StatesBy the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. UNCHS/UNDP. 1991
Codes
International Code Councilhttp://www.iccsafe.org/government/Toolkit/
Introduction to Model Codeshttp://www.iccsafe.org/government/Toolkit/03-WhyUseCodes.pdf
About Building Codes (New Zealand)http://www.dbh.govt.nz/bcr-about-the-building-code
Status of Building Codes in the Caribbean (2001)http://www.oas.org/pgdm/document/codemtrx.htm
Classroom Design
Classroom DesignNational Clearing House for Educational Facilities http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/classroom_design.cfm
Accessibility for Students with Disabilities
Design for All (2008)By the World Bank http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DISABILITY/Resources/Universal_Design.pdf
Education for All: Building the Schools (2003)By Serge Theunynck http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DISABILITY/Resources/280658-1172610312075/EFABuildingSchools.pdf
Education for All: The Cost of Accessibility (2005) By Edward Steinfeldhttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/DISABILITY/Resources/280658-1172610312075/EFACostAccessibility.pdf
Accessibility for the Disabled: A Design Manual for a Barrier Free Environment By Lebanese Company for the Development and Reconstruction District and UNESC http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/designm/
Erradicando las Barreras Arquitectónicas By APRODDIS http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/guiadd/index.html
Buildings: ADA Standards for Accessible DesignBy U.S. Department of Justicehttp://www.ada.gov/stdspdf.htm
Construction of Houses with accessibility facilities for persons with disabilities By Practical Action http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/PA_HousesForAccessibility.pdf
Water and Sanitation for Disabled People and Other Vulnerable GroupsHazel Jones and Bob Reed http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/publications/details.php?book=978-1-84380-079-8&keyword=%disabled%20people%&subject=0&sort=TITLE
Handbook on Design Guidelines for Easy Access to Educational Buildings by Physically Handicapped PersonsBy Lars Reutersward UNESCOhttp://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/ae/63.pdf
International Best Practices in Universal Design: A Global Review http://www.chrcccdp.ca/pdf/bestpractices_en.pdf
Universal Design: General Concepts, Universal Design Principles and Guidelineshttp://trace.wisc.edu/world/gen_ud.html
The Center for an Accessible Society: Universal Designhttp://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/universaldesign/
An Investigation of Best Practices for Evacuating and Sheltering Individuals with Special Needs and Disabilities (2008) http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/evacuating_special_needs.pdf
Adaptive Environments – Human Centered Designhttp://www.adaptenv.org/index.php?option=Home AE is an international non-profit organization, committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities. AE’s work balances expertise in legally required accessibility with promotion of best practices in human-centered or universal design
Design / Accessibility Standards Resourceshttp://www.miusa.org/ncde/tipsheets/ud/?searchterm=universal%20design
Operational Guidelines on Accessibility in Urban Development Projectshttp://www.iadb.org/sds/SOC/publication/gen_6191_4180_e.htm
Field Toolkit: Working with Refugees with DisabilitiesBy the Women’s Refugee Commissionhttp://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/disab_res_kit.pdf
International Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/
Disabled People’s International http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/
Schools as Shelter
Albergues en escuelas, ¿cuándo?, ¿cómo?, ¿porqué?. (2008) By UNICEF, CECC, NUhttp://www.crid.or.cr/digitalizacion/pdf/spa/doc17180/doc17180.htm
The design of primary schools to serve as cyclone shelters: Bangladesh and the CaribbeanBy James LewisDevelopment Workshop: 1993 Celebration, Trejouls, Lauzerte, France
Transitional Shelters
Transitional Settlement Displaced Populations (2005) By Tom Corsellis and Antonella VitaleThe guidelines in it offer a common planning tool for developing and implementing settlement and shelter strategies for people affected by conflict or natural disaster.http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/Oxfam_TransitionalSettlementDisplacedPopulations.pdf
Transitional Settlement and Reconstruction after Natural Disasters: Field Edition (2008)
By OCHA, Shelter Centre, DFID http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/TransitionalSettlementandReconstructionAfterNaturalDisasters.pdf
Guidelines for Building Measures after Disasters and Conflict (2003)http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/GTZ_GuidelinesForBuildingMeasuresAfterDisastersAndConflicts.pdf
Information on the Specification and the Use of Plastic Sheeting in Humanitarian Relief http://plastic-sheeting.org
Timber as a Construction Material in Humanitarian Operationshttp://www.humanitariantimber.org
Tents: A Guide to the Use of and Logistics of Family Tents in Humanitarian Relief (2004)http://www.sheltercentre.org/library/Tents+A+guide+use+and+logistics+family+tents+humanitarian+relief
Retrofitting
A Prioritization Scheme for Seismic Intervention in School Buildings in Italy (2007)By Damian N. Grant, Julian J. Bommer, M.EERI, Rui Pinho, G. Michele Calvi, M.EERI, Agostino Goretti, and Fabrizio Meroni http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18799405 The framework is a multiple-level procedure that aims to identify the highest-risk buildings based on filters of increasing detail, and reduces the size of the building inventory at each step.
Retrofitting and Reconstruction for Resilience (2008)By Paul Grundy http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=7526 Power Point Presentation that reviews a successful DRR case study of a school in China. Includes building principles and emergency management suggestions.
Case Studies of Seismic Non-Structural Retrofitting in School Facilities (2005)Educational Facilities Research Center, National Institute for Educational Policy Research http://www.nier.go.jp/shisetsu/pdf/e-jirei.pdf This document is intended for local authorities that establish schools, and for school teachers andstaff. It introduces examples of seismic retrofitting on nonstructural members that could be identified andimplemented through daily inspections.
Seismic Retrofitting Quick Reference: School Facilities that Withstand Earthquakes, Examples of Seismic Retrofitting (2006) By Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan http://www.nier.go.jp/shisetsu/pdf/e-taishinjirei.pdf
Retrofitting of Common Frame Structural (Pillar System) Houses (In Nepali) http://www.nset.org.np/nset/html/publication/pdfFiles/Handbook_retrofitpiller.pdf
Central America School Retrofitting Programhttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/7692_CentralAmericaSchoolRetrofitingProgramPhaseIII.pdf
Is your Home Protected from Hurricane Disaster? A Homeowner’s Guide to Hurricane Retrofitting (2002)The Institute for Business & Home Safetyhttp://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/pdf/hurricane_retrofit.pdf
Techniques for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings (2006)FEMAhttp://www.ode.state.or.us/superintendent/priorities/fema5471.pdf
Hurricane Retrofit Guidehttp://www.floridadisaster.org/mitigation/rcmp/hrg/content/structural/structural_index.asp
Maintenance
Maintenance Manual for School Buildings in the Caribbean (1998) By Pedro Bastidas (Consultant to the OAS Natural Hazards Project)http://www.oas.org/CDMP/document/schools/maintman.htmIts main objective is to provide guidance to school personnel in preparing a detailed list of areas, spaces, materials, furniture, and equipment to be maintained as well as a list of defects to be corrected.
Building maintenance in the context of developing countries (1993) By David Wallhttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a739374587~db=all~order=page
A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS (2003)By Nigel Wakeham http://www.ineesite.org/index.php/resourcedb/
A Manual on Building Maintenance, Volume 1: Management and Volume 2: Methods. (1976) Miles, Derek Intermediate Technology Publications
Community Involvement
Community based Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) in Central Americahttp://www.proventionconsortium.org/?pageid=32&projectid=9 This set of manuals is a collaborative effort between IFRC, OAS, PAHO and UNICEF, supported by ProVention, aimed at promoting community-based disaster risk reduction activities in the following fields:
Mantenimeinto Communatario de Escuelas (School Maintenance) http://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/CRA/VCA5_Spa.pdf
Manejo de Albergues Temporales (Natural hazards and School Shelter)http://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/CRA/VCA3_Spa.pdf
Inundaciones (Flood Awareness) http://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/CRA/VCA4_Spa.pdf
Participatory Capacities and Vulnerabilities Assessment, Finding the link between Disasters and Developmenthttp://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/CRA/PCVA_2002_meth.pdf
Mainstreaming Participatory Vulnerability Analysis in ActionAid InternationalBy Ethlet Chiwaka, ActionAid Internationalhttp://www.abuhrc.org/Publications/Working%20Paper%2013.pdf Draws on the author’s field experience of using PVA as an approach to disaster reduction in ActionAid International’s work.
Analisis de vulnerabilidades y capacidades en Am rica : Hacia la reducci del riesgo a nivel comunitario Análisis América: reducción (Spanish) By Using the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)http://www.preventionweb.net/files/8022_Forum08ifrcvca.pdf A simple methodology to develop community based VCA, which will help them to identify and develop community-based activities for vulnerability reduction to floods, drought, hurricanes, landslides and earthquakes with special attention to schools, primary health care facilities, community centres like mother clubs and potable water supply systems
Community Risk Assessment methodologies and case studieshttp://www.proventionconsortium.org/?pageid=43
Integrating Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation in your work By Peace Corpshttp://www.peacecorps.gov/multimedia/pdf/library/M0084_dpmideabook.pdfPages 21-25 offer some possible suggestions and considerations for community involvement in the DDR process
Child-Led Disaster Risk Reduction: A Practical Guide Save the Children – Lynne Benson and John Bugge http://www.preventionweb.net/files/3820_CHLDRR.pdf This practical guide is aimed at practitioners working with children to provide them with examples and ideas to help them enable children to lead the process of disaster risk reduction.
Developing Building for Safety Programmes: Guidelines for organizing safe building programmes in disaster-prone areas (* Book from 1995, ISBN: 9781853391842)Yasemin Aysan, Andrew Clayton, Alistair Cory, Ian Davis and DaviSummarizes the basic principles to be considered in the planning and implementation of community-based building improvement programmes for small dwellings in disaster-prone areas. Including case studies illustrating suggestions made.
Reducing Vulnerability of School Children to Earthquakes By UNCRDhttp://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=4001 Includes information on Seismic retrofitting of school buildings; Capacity building of communities; Disaster education and awareness raising; and Knowledge and experience dissemination
Innovation in Primary School Construction: Community Participation in Seti Zone, Nepal. (1995) By Tamang, H.D and Dharam, K.C. UNESCO http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=4414
A Guide to Community Based DRR in Central Asia By ISDRhttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/2299_ACommunityGuideeng.pdf
Community Based approaches to Disaster Mitigation By Lorna P. Victoria This paper gives a brief orientation on the why, what, who, when, how, and so what of community based disaster mitigation. Recent experiences and practices, particularly those in the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program, showcase significant elements from which lessons are drawn. Positive impact affirms the validity of the community based approaches to disaster mitigation, notwithstanding the difficulties, complexities and challenges faced to initiate, sustain and replicate.http://www.preventionweb.net/files/602_8370.pdf
APELL for schools and educational buildings: a community-based approach for school safety and education for disaster reductionhttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/5473_apellschools.pdf Describes the APELL process. APELL, standing for Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the Local Level, is a community-based, participatory process designed to create public awareness of hazards and to ensure that communities are adequately prepared to respond. Includes description on why schools need to be safe.
Guidelines for Community Vulnerability Analysis: An Approach for Pacific Island Countries (1998)By Luc Vroliks http://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/CRA/SPDRP1998_meth.pdf
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management: A Field Practitioner’s GuideBy Imelda Abarquez and Zubair Murshed http://www.adpc.net/pdr-sea/publications/12Handbk.pdf
Weathering the Storm: Participatory Risk Assessment for Informal Settlements By Holloway, Ailsa; Roomaney, Rifqah
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=4163
Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool: New Hanover County, North Carolina Case Studyhttp://www.csc.noaa.gov/products/nchaz/startup.htm
Community Driven Decentralization and Development in Benin http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/BENINEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21753658~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:322639,00.html
Indigenous Knowledge
Preventing Pancake Collapses: Lessons from Earthquake Resistant Traditional Construction for Modern Buildings and Reinforced Concrete (2005)By Randolf Langenbach This paper will explore the specifics of what can be learned from these historical construction practices, by describing the author’s concept for “Armature Crosswalls,” a concept based on Turkish and Kashmiri traditional construction adapted for reinforced concrete infill-wall construction.http://www.conservationtech.com/RL%27s%20resume&%20pub%27s/RL-publications/Eq-pubs/2006-IDRC-ICCROM/Langenbach(ICCROM)3_0.pdf
Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned from Experiences in the Asia-Pacific Region 2008By ISDR http://www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/isdr-publications/19-Indigenous_Knowledge-DRR/Indigenous_Knowledge-DRR.pdf “Aims to build awareness for indigenous knowledge as an effective tool for reducing risk from natural disasters- by improving the understanding of indigenous knowledge and providing concrete examples of how it can besuccessfully be used..”
Vernacular Housing Construction By Mauro Sassu http://www.world-housing.net/uploads/vernacular_construction.pdf?pr=Array
Indigenous Construction Technologies in Flood Prone areas of Western KenyaBy S.K. Makhanu1, S.B.B. Oteng’i, S.S. China, G. W. Waswa, M.N. Masibo, G.W.B. Masindehttp://www.grif.umontreal.ca/pages/MAKHANU_Sibilike_2.pdfIdentifies indigenous knowledge and technologies in post-disaster construction inthe flood prone areas of Budalang’i, in western Kenya, with emphasis on shelter and sanitation
Disaster Resistant Construction for Traditional Bush Houses: A handbook of guidelines 1988 By Charles Boyle Australian Overseas Disaster Response Organisation. Sydney ISBN 0958924988
The Use of Selected Indigenous Building Materials with potential for wide application in developing countrieshttp://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library?e=d-00000-00---off-0cdl--00-0--0-10-0---0---0prompt-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-50---20-about---00-0-1-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=cdl&cl=CL2.21&d=HASHc1c5e41aee9783257fd4cb.3
Woodless Construction; Unstabilised Earth Brick Vault and Dome Roofing without FormworkBy John Norton http://www2.hdm.lth.se/bi/report/97no2/2-97.pdf
Rural Architecture http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/A_0293.htm
The Snake and the River don’t Run Straight: Local Knowledge on Disaster Preparedness in the Eastern Terai of Nepal (2007) http://books.icimod.org/index.php/search/publication/143
Hazard Assessment
Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis Tool Kit (2004)
By Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General Canada http://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/CRA/BC_HRVA_2003_meth.pdf
Hazard Assessment ToolBy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hat/index.html
Hazard Management By NASA Site http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Keywords.do?Portal=GCMD_Services&KeywordPath=ServiceParameters%7CHAZARDS+MANAGEMENT&MetadataType=1&lbnode=mdlb1
Concepts of Hazards, Disasters and Hazard AssessmentBy ADPChttp://www.adpc.net/casita/course-materials/Mod-2-Hazards.pdf
DRI Analysis Tool United Nations Development Programmehttp://gridca.grid.unep.ch/undp/
Seismic Hazard Assessment of Iran http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/gshap/iran/report.html
Measuring Mitigation: Methodologies for assessing natural hazard risks and the net benefits of mitigation: A scoping study By Charlotte Benson and John Twigg http://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/MM_scoping_study.pdf
Flood Hazard Assessment for the Construction of Flood Hazard Map and Land Development Priority Map Using NOAA/AVHRR Data and GIS - A Case Study in Bangladeshhttp://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/natural_hazards/floods/floods002.htm
UN Geo Data Portal http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/The GEO Data Portal online database holds more than 450 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps), covering themes like Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP. Display them on-the-fly as maps, graphs, data tables or download the data in different formats.
Hazard Mapping
Hazard Mapping and Vulnerability Assessment By Toshiaki Udono and Awadh Kishor Sahhttp://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN009857.pdf
Report on Natural Hazard Mapping and Vulnerability Workshophttp://www.oas.org/cdmp/hazmap/Grenada/atwell.htm#CaseStudies
Community Capacity Building through the Development of Community Based Hazard MappingBy Hiroyuki Watabe, Etsuko Tsunozaki, and Makoto Ikedahttp://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/Project/Phase2/1Documents/8_Proceeding/7_PT3_P.pdf
Landslide Hazard Zonation Mappinghttp://www.nbro.gov.lk/mapproc.htm
Vulnerability Assessment
Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tool (RVAT)
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/rvat/hazPrint.html
A Structural Vulnerability Assessment of Hospitals in Kathmandu Valley http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1944_VL206301.pdf The report summarizes the study and assessment of the structural vulnerability of 14 hospitals in Kathmandu Valley and outlines recommended mitigation measures to improve resilience and performance.
Guidelines for Vulnerability Reduction in the Design of New Health FacilitiesPAHO, WHO, WBhttp://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=628 The chief purpose of this handbook is to assist health sector administrators and professionals whose mission is the management, design, construction, and inspection of new hospitals, laboratories, and blood banks, with a view to protecting the infrastructure and operation of these facilities. Also available in Spanish.
Health Facility Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation: A Handbook 2006http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1958_VL206315.pdf Discusses the assessment and reduction of structural vulnerability
RADIUS: Risk Assessment tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas against Seismic Disasters http://www.preventionweb.net/files/2752_RADIUSRiskAssessment.pdf Several case studies that discuss the push to develop earthquake damage scenarios and practical tools for seismic risk management.
Guidelines for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Hospitals (2004)http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1954_VL206311.pdf
Vulnerability Assessment of Shelters in the Eastern Caribbean Retrofitting By Tony Gibbs of Consulting Engineers Partnership Ltd.( For USAID, OAS) http://www.oas.org/CDMP/document/schools/retrofit.htm Includes checklists for designing to counteract Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Torrential Rains.
Dominica National School Vulnerability Reduction Plan By Stephen Bender http://www.csc.noaa.gov/vata/dominica.pdf Offers a specific plan for reducing structural vulnerability of schools to the effects of destructive natural phenomena. Seismic Vulnerability Assessment for the Public Schools in Bogotá, ColombiaBy Herbert Ramírez http://www.csc.noaa.gov/vata/VATIII_HRamirez.pdf Offers a methodology for the vulnerability identification, evaluation and assessment of the school buildings in case of a seismic event, based upon the conditions of the school structures, including nonstructural elements, geographical location (amongst the microzonation soil map of Bogotá), usage and occupancy.
Analisis de vulnerabilidades y capacidades en America : Hacia la reduccion del riesgo a nivel comunitario Análisis América: reducción By Using the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)http://www.preventionweb.net/files/8022_Forum08ifrcvca.pdf A simple methodology to develop community based VCA, which will help them to identify and develop community-based activities for vulnerability reduction to floods, drought, hurricanes, landslides and earthquakes with special attention to schools, primary health care facilities, community centres like mother clubs and potable water supply systems
Mainstreaming Participatory Vulnerability Analysis in ActionAid International 2005By Ethlet Chiwaka, ActionAid Internationalhttp://www.abuhrc.org/Publications/Working%20Paper%2013.pdf Draws on the author’s field experience of using PVA as an approach to disaster reduction in ActionAid International’s work.
National Resources Center: Vulnerability Assessment Techniques and Applications (VATA) http://www.csc.noaa.gov/vata/case_pdf.html
Development in Disaster-prone Places: Studies in Vulnerability (1999)
By James Lewis IT Publications (Practical Action) London ISBN 1-85339-472-6. http://developmentbookshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=463 Includes five case studies of vulnerability description and analysis: Volcano in Tonga; Some perspectives on natural disaster vulnerability in Tonga; A multi-hazard history of Antigua; Vulnerability to a cyclone: Damage distribution in Sri Lanka; and Change, and vulnerability to a natural hazard: Chiswell, Dorset.
A Guide to School Vulnerability Assessments: Key Principles for Safer Schoolshttp://rems.ed.gov/views/documents/VA_Report_2008.pdf
Safe hospital checklisthttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/1970_VL206327.pdf This checklist records elements relating to the geographic location of the health facility to be evaluated such as geological, hydro-meteorological, social, environmental sanitation, chemical and/or technological phenomena, and geotechnical properties of the soil; and structural safety of the building.
Strengthening health systems' response to crises, towards a new focus on disaster preparednesshttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/2025_VL206721.pdf Reviews lessons learned from 4 countries. Discusses the causes or points of structural vulnerability.
Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of School Buildings (K-12)By Fredrick Krimgold, David Hattis, Melvyn Greenhttp://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED475271&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED475271 This manual provides school administrators with the information necessary to assess the seismic vulnerability of their buildings, and to implement a program of incremental seismic rehabilitation for those buildings.
Project of Risk Evaluation, Vulnerability, Information and Early Warninghttp://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/preview/
Internet Directory of Organizations working on Early Warning http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/link.php
Risk Management
Asian disaster management news, a newsletter of and for the community of disaster risk management practitioners and development workers, vol. 10 no. 1 October-December 2004: earthquake vulnerability reduction in urban areas of Developing Countries http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1692_2004a1.pdfThis volume's theme also includes: pre-positioned emergency rescue stores (PPERS), new earthquake preparedness strategy from NSET; regional and international initiatives in earthquake vulnerability reduction; IITK-BMTPC earthquake tips 6, how architectural features affect buildings during earthquakes
Risk Management and Sustainability in Educative Sector: Experience of Bogota, ColombiaBy Claudia Coca http://www.preventionweb.net/files/7673_CCocaODCardonaSchoolcasestudyofBogota.pdf
Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Resources from UN HABITAT http://www.disasterassessment.org/resources.asp?id=7&cid=1v
Protected Schools http://www.proventionconsortium.org/themes/default/pdfs/CRA/VCA4_en.pdf Facilitates the drawing up of a school security plan which includes the participation of administrative personnel, teachers, students, neighbors of the Educational Centre, as well as ensuring coordination with other institutions involved in risk management
Training
Report of the Training Program on Earthquake Resistant Building in City of BENGKULU
By Urban Disaster Indonesia: Indonesia Mitigation Project (IUDMP)http://www.adpc.net/audmp/projectoutputs/indo/report-june-04-00-tr.html Outlines a training introduce the topic of disaster management and principles of good earthquake resistant building practices to various stake holders.
Communicating Building for SafetyBy Dudley, Eric, and Haaland, Ane. (ISBN 1853391832)Overview of do’s and don’ts of handbooks and other forms of visual communication in Third World situations.
Developing Building for Safety Programmes: Guidelines for organising safe building improvement programmes in disaster-prone areas (1995)By Yasemin Aysan; Andrew Clayton; Alistair Cory; Ian Davis and David Sanderson.Intermediate Technology Publications (Practical Action) London. ISBN 1853391840http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Building-Safety-Programmes-Guidelines/dp/1853391840
Infrastructure and Disaster Risk Reduction By Jo da SilvaThis paper is intended as a training brief for DFID Infrastructure Advisors to support “understanding of the role of infrastructure in the field of disaster risk reduction” and builds on existing documentation including the DFID Policy Paper (see 9.1) and CHASE DRR Training Material.
Bangladesh: The design and construction of primary schools to serve as community cyclone shelters in coastal areasBy James LewisCase Study: Training Materials for Disaster Reduction.
Earthquakes
Earthquake Hazards 101http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/hazmaps/haz101/index.php
National Society for Earthquake Technology http://www.nset.org.np/nset/php/publication_books.php
Kashmir earthquake of October 8 2005: a quick look reporthttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/2773_MAECenter20KashmirQuicklookReport.pdf Reviews the effects of the earthquake on different sectors of civil society including education. Specifically reviews the destruction of schools.
SEISMIC SAFETY FOR ADOBE HOMES: What everyone should knowhttp://www.nset.org.np/nset/html/publication/pdfFiles/Adobe%20Homes%20Brochure%20V17.pdfSimple guidelines to make adobe homes earthquake resistant.
Earthquake Resistant Construction of Adobe Buildings: A TutorialBy Marcial Blondet, Gladys Villa Garcia, Svetlana Brezev a contribution toEERI/IAEE World Housing Encyclopediahttp://www.world-housing.net/uploads/WHETutorial_Adobe_English.pdf
Lessons Learned Over time, Vol. V: Adobe Housing Reconstruction after the 2001 El Salvador Earthquakes.By Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (ISBN 0-943198-00-3) http://www.eeri.org/cds_publications/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_29&products_id=244Captures and disseminates lessons that may not become apparent until some years after an earthquake.
Recent advances in earthquake geotechnical engineering and microzonationBy Ansal, Atilla (ISBN 9781402018275) http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=1725 The last three chapters are concerned with geotechnical earthquake engineering.
Design of a seismic-resistant Rural Primary SchoolBy Anusandhanhttp://www.onlinevolunteers.org/relief/earss0315-school.htmlDesign proposal for a Rural Primary School along with seismic safety features using local materials and local skills.
Guidelines for Earthquake Design, Construction and Retrofitting of Buildings in AfghanistanBy UN Centre for Regional Developmenthttp://www.hyogo.uncrd.or.jp/publication/pdf/Guide/GuideLine.pdf
Seismic Resistant Housing in Pakistan By Article 25http://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/A25_SeismicResistantHousingPakistan.pdf
Earthquake Resistant Housing in PeruBy Practical Actionhttp://www.sheltercentre.org/sites/default/files/PA_EarthquakeResistantHousingPeru.pdf
Lessons learnt from earthquake disasters that occurred in Greecehttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/1497_Earthquakes20Report20with20logo.pdf Presents lessons learnt on prevention, preparedness, response measures and dissemination to the public.
Shelter security in Kashmir: a central aspect of long-term recovery http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1589_22KashmirShelterDec2006.pdf Describes efforts to include all the essential stakeholders in the recovery process
Earthquake Resistant Design ManualBy Ansary, Mehedi Ahmed; Noor, Munaz Ahmed (Book ISBN: 9840802100) http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=2478 Presents present the subject of earthquake resistant design including earthquake; behaviour of low-rise buildings subjected to lateral loads; seismic design loads; detailing requirements; quality control and quality assurance; repair, restoration and strengthening of buildings. The manual is in both English and Bengali.
Workshop of lessons learnt on the national and international response to the Bam earthquake: reporthttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/2606_ochairn15apr.pdf Reviews the national set up for disaster response, policy and administrative issues, international stand-by arrangements, needs assessment, joint planning and resource mobilization.
Safer cities 10, case studies on mitigating disasters in Asia and the Pacific: creating earthquake preparedness in schools, a case study of mitigation efforts in Indonesiahttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/1690_10.pdf Discusses a school preparedness program and a school retrofitting program and considers possible partnerships and efforts for the future of creating safer school communities a sustainable endeavour.
Improving the earthquake resistance of small buildings, houses and community infrastructurehttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/1390_Earthquake.pdf
Seismic conceptual design of buildings: basic principles for engineers, architects, building owners, and authoritieshttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/687_10092.pdf The objective of this document is to present recent knowledge on earthquake protection measures for buildings in a simple and easy to understand manner.
Earthquake-resistant confined masonry constructionhttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/2732_ConfinedMasonry14Dec07.pdf “It is hoped that this monograph will help sensitizing and educating the building professionals in India and elsewhere about the excellent features of confined masonry.”
Guidebook for Developing a School Earthquake Safety ProgramBy FEMA
http://www.crid.or.cr/digitalizacion/pdf/eng/doc364/doc364-a.pdf This guidebook is designed to assist the school community to develop and tailor an earthquake safety program for the school.
IITK-GSDMA guidelines for seismic design of earth dams and embankments: provisions with commentary and explanatory exampleshttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/2689_EQ09.pdf Useful to the professional engineers in developing a better understanding of the design methodologies for earthquake-resistant structures, and in improving the state's codes of practice.
Protection of Educational Buildings against Earthquakes http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/6_51.pdf
Low-cost Construction Resistant to Earthquakes and Hurricanes (1975)By the United Nations, New York. http://www.crid.or.cr/digitalizacion/pdf/eng/doc11145/doc11145.htm
Small Buildings in Earthquake Areas (1972)By A F Daldy (handbook) By the Building Research Establishment, Watford, United Kingdom.
Small Buildings in Earthquake Areas – Educational Building Digest 2 UNESCO (1973)Based on the Daldy handbook –D. Moodjihttp://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0008/000819/081954eb.pdf
Earthquake Protection (1992)By A W Coburn & R J S Spence ISBN 0471496146John Wiley, Chichester, United Kingdom.
Corruption and earthquake destruction: Observations on events in Turkey, Italy and China 2008
By James Lewis. http://www.radixonline.org/latest.htm
Earthquake destruction: corruption on the fault lineGlobal Corruption Report 2005 pp23-30Transparency International, Berlin http://www.transparency.org/publications/gcr/download_gcr/download_gcr_2005
The Algerian earthquakes of May 2003: Some precedents for reconstruction RADIX http://www.radixonline.org/algeria2.htm
Protection of Educational Buildings against Earthquakes Educational Building (1987) Report 13 UNESCO Arya, A S Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkokhttp://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/6_51.pdfbn
Identifying Earthquake – Unsafe Schools and Setting Priorities to make them Safe. A Case Study in Gujarat, India.By GeoHazards Internationalhttp://www.geohaz.org/contents/publications/gujesi-school-SE%201-26%20V8.pdf
China Earthquake Field Investigation Report - 2008 M8 SichuanBy Miyamoto International http://www.ineesite.org/uploads/documents/store/Sichuan%20EQ%20Technical%20Report.pdf
West Sumatra Earthquake Reconnaissance Report 2007By Miyamoto Internationalhttp://www.ineesite.org/uploads/documents/store/2007WestSumatra-medres.pdf
Case Studies of seismic nonstructural retrofitting in School facilities (2005)http://www.nier.go.jp/shisetsu/pdf/e-jirei.pdf
Improving School Earthquake Safety in India http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,3343,en_2649_39263294_38525544_1_1_1_1,00.html
Earthquake Design: It Cannot All Be Left to the EngineersBy Mary OsmanAIA Journal, Washington DC. 1976
Introduction of Earthquake Resistant Building Techniques in the Koumbia Area, NW Guinea, AfricaBy John NortonFinal Report to USAID. Development Workshop Europe. 1985.
Model Regulations for Small Buildings in Earthquake and Hurricane AreasTropical Building Legislation Note 7By the Building Research Station, Watford United Kingdom. 1966
Mobilising indigenous resources for earthquake constructionBy Farroukh Afshar, Allan Cain, Mohammad-Reza Daraie and John Norton Housing Science 2/4 pp 335-350 1978.
Tomblin, J F (1979) Earthquake damage and lessons for application in building codes in the West Indies . Seismic Research Unit, UWI, Trinidad
Extreme Wind Events: Hurricanes/Typhoons/ Cyclones
Cyclone-resistant rural primary school construction – a design guide (1977) Educational Building Report 7 UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia, BangkokSinnamon, Ian T; van ‘t Loo, G Ahttp://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=7346
Guidelines for prevision against wind in hospitals and health centershttp://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=1953 Theoretical and practical guidelines that can be helpful for designing and building safer hospitals and health centers against wind effects.
Development, vulnerability and disaster reduction: Bangladesh cyclone shelter projects and their implications By James Lewis. 1997 Chapter 4 in Reconstruction After Disaster: Issues and Practices (Awotona, Adenrele: Ed) Ashgate ISBN 1-85972-551-1
Cyclone resistant school buildings for Bangladesh: Report on country training (1990)UNESCO, Bangkok http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=5221
Typhoon resistant school buildings for Vietnam 1987UNESCO, Bangkok. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001206/120616eo.pdf
Cyclone resistant rural primary school construction – a design guide (1977)By UNESCO http://www.preventionweb.net/files/7346_SHARPISDRFLOOR120090224112752.pdf
Community wind shelters: background and researchhttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/5533_communitywind.pdf Discusses the need for Wind Shelters and how to create them
Cyclone Resistant Housing for Developing Countries 1988 By the Building Research Establishment, Watford, United Kingdom. ISBN 0 85125 292 3
Guidelines for Design and Construction of Cyclone/Tsunami Shelters (2006) Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India http://www.preventionweb.net/files/7664_GUIDEFORCYCLONESHELTERS.pdf
The people of Aceh: Aceh & Nias Post Tsunami Reconstruction: Review of Aceh Housing Program (2006) By ARUP http://www.arup.com/geotechnics/project.cfm?pageid=8403
Wind Resistance of Non-Engineered Housing A.M.M.T Anwar http://salekseraj.com/FP3.pdf
Bangladesh Cyclone Shelter Preparatory Project: Water for toilets and drinking in cyclone shelters By James LewisPaper 9 in Lessons Learned from NGO Experiences in the Water and Sanitation Sector(Smout, Ian; Parry-Jones, Sarah: Eds) WELL (Water & Environmental Health in Developing Countries), University of Loughborough. 1999. www.lboro.ac.uk/well/lessons/contents.htm - BROKEN LINK
REPORT Cyclone Shelter Project, Bangladesh: Preparatory StudyPreparation of Terms of Reference: Field mission to Dhaka, Kutubdia, Chokeria, Patuakhali and Kalapari European Commission/World Bank IDA By James Lewis, Datum International. 1994.
REPORT Evaluation: Post-flood Rehabilitation II Project (North Western Bangladesh) and Mid-term Review: Primary Schools cum Cyclone Shelter Project (South Eastern Bangladesh) Combined mission; field visits from Dhaka, inclusive of Bogra, Chokeria, Coxs Bazaar, Kutubdia, Noakhali, Rajshahi and SandwipEuropean Commission DG1 By James Lewis, Datum International. 1995.
REPORT Primary Schools cum Cyclone Shelters, Bangladesh: Preliminary Study (site assessments, design and construction criteria, design proposals:Field mission to Dhaka, Moheshkhali and Kutubdia European Commission, BrusselsBy James Lewis, Datum International. 1992
Ullah, Salim (1985) Cyclonic-surge resistant housing in Bangladesh (the case of Uri Char)
References on Cyclone Shelters in Bangladesh By James Lewis. 1996.Newsletter European Network of Bangladesh Studies, University of Bath Issue No 9. AprilDual-purpose design, construction, integration and management
Isaac destroys Tonga schoolsUNESCO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok 1982
Floods
Hospitales Seguros Ante Inundaciones http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1959_VL206316.pdf Reviews ways to create safe hospitals that may be in flood risk areas. Includes suggestions on structural design.
Handbook on Design and Construction of Housing for Flood Prone Areas of Bangladesh
ADPChttp://www.adpc.net/AUDMP/library/housinghandbook/handbook_complete-b.pdf
Coastal Community Resilience GuideCoastal managers in the Pacific have learned a lot about tsunamis and hazards planning and have put this information into a guidebook for local officials. http://www.iotws.org/ev_en.php?ID=2897_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
Primary School Buildings for Flooded Areas in Bangladesh: (1988)http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=5319
Flood Resistance of the Building Envelopehttp://www.wbdg.org/resources/env_flood.php
Flood-Resistant Constructionhttp://www2.iccsafe.org/states/oregon/07_structural/07_PDFs/Appendix%20G_Flood-Resistant%20Construction.pdf
Flood proofing Measures http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/depts/cewd/wvdemr/Disaster%20&%20Emergency%20Management%20Resources%20(PDF%20Files)/21.%20Section%203.7%20Floodproofing%20Measures.PDF
Flood Handbookhttp://www.conservationtech.com/FEMA-WEB/FEMA-subweb-flood/01-06-FLOOD/4-Buildings/A.Inundation.htm
Flooding and Schools National Clearing House for Educational Facilities http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/flooding.pdf
Tsunami
Community Capacity Building for Minimising Adverse Tsunami Impacts in Sri Lanka:Experience of Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lankahttp://www.adrc.asia/publications/TDRM2005/TDRM_Good_Practices/PDF/PDF-2008e/8.SriLanka.pdf
Landslides
National Landslide Information Centerhttp://landslides.usgs.gov/nlic/
National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy- A Framework for Loss Reductionhttp://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1244/
Landslide BibliographyU.S. Geological Survey http://landslides.usgs.gov/learning/bibliography/ls_srch_res_grid.cfm
Landslide and Debris Flowhttp://www.prepare.org/text/basic/mudTX.htm
Framework of comprehensive guidelines for Siting of Human Settlements in Landslide Prone hilly Terrainshttp://nidm.gov.in/idmc/Proceedings/LandSlide/A2_26,%20Surya%20Parkash.pdf
Wildfires
Wildfires and Schools National Clearing House for Educational Facilities http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/wildfires.pdf
International Wildland-Urban Interface Code http://www.iccsafe.org/dyn/prod/3850S06.html
STANDARD FOR REDUCING STRUCTURE IGNITION HAZARDS FROM WILDLAND FIRE (2008)BY NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONHTTP://WWW.NFPA.ORG/ABOUTTHECODES/ABOUTTHECODES.ASP?DOCNUM=1144&COOKIE%5FTEST=1
DRR in School Curriculum
Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into School Curriculum: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into EducationBy ADPChttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/4006_ADPCEducGuidelineConsultationVersion3.1.pdf Integrating DRR into school curriculum should therefore be an absolute priority for public authorities of every country, and many Regional Consultative Committee members have either already integrated DRR into the school curriculum or are in process of completing the integration, or are initiating. This document is thought to provide RCC's main guidelines to implement this ongoing process.
Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School 2006-2007By UNISDRhttp://www.unisdr.org/eng/public_aware/world_camp/2006-2007/pdf/WDRC-2006-2007-English-fullversion.pdf Policy Campaign document that describes techniques to promote the integration of disaster risk education in school curricula in countries vulnerable to natural hazards and the safe construction and retrofitting of school buildings to withstand natural hazards
National Guidelines for disaster school safetyhttp://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-events/edu-materials/v.php?id=7542 The 'National guidelines for school disaster safety' are guiding principles to promote a culture of safety in the schools of Sri Lanka.
Firewise Generation To help young adults better understand wildfire, and to help them put Firewise practices to work around home and in local communities.http://www.firewise.org/fw-generation/
Effective Education For Disaster Risk Reduction – Teachers Network http://edu4drr.ning.com/
International Institute for Educational Planning http://www.iiep.unesco.org/
Resource Lists
School Vulnerability Reduction Resource Page http://www.oas.org/CDMP/schools/schlrcsc.htm#step2
Prevention Web Library resources of over 1300 documents around DRR http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications
Shelter Centerhttp://www.sheltercentre.org/library
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center http://www.adpc.net/v2007/IKM/ONLINE%20DOCUMENTS/Default-DOCUMENTS.asp
Asian Disaster Reduction Center http://www.adrc.or.jp/publications/TDRM2005/TDRM_Good_Practices/GP2008_e.html
Build Change http://www.buildchange.org/drawings_guidelines.html
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)http://www.fema.gov/help/publications.shtm
American Society of Civil Engineers http://www.asce.org/static/hurricane/journal.cfm/
Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education http://cogssdpe.ning.com/
Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster ResponseSphere Project http://www.sphereproject.org/
INEE Resources Database http://www.ineesite.org/index.php/resourcedb/
INEE_MS_Toolkit- Establishing a Safe Learning Environment http://ineesite.org/uploads/documents/store/doc_1_INEE_tools_for_learning_space.pdf The following tools relating to ensuring a safe learning safe in terms of physical well-being and safe facilities are a selection from the INEE Minimum Standards Toolkit, which has been developed in response to a growing need for clear, practical tools to guide humanitarian aid workers, government officials and educationalists in implementing the INEE Minimum Standards.
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery Resource Library http://gfdrr.org/index.cfm?Page=Resource%20Library&ItemID=20
Children and Disasters Annotated Resource ListBy Sara Gill, Lindsey Gulsvig, Lori Peek http://lamar.colostate.edu/~loripeek/ResourceList.pdf This annotated resource list includes information on agencies and organizations around the world that help children prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and human-made disasters.
Resources on Disaster Risk Education and Safer Schools Available On-line. Compiled by UNISDRhttp://www.unisdr.org/eng/public_aware/world_camp/2006-2007/online-resources-en.htm
Disaster Networkshttp://www.un.org.in/UNDMT/centre/netwrk.htm
Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) Publications on School Safety and Securityhttp://www.edfacilities.org/safeschools/index.cfm
Disaster Resistant Building and Life Line Linkshttp://www.disastercenter.com/build.htm
Global Risk Identification Program (GRIP) http://www.gripweb.org/grip.php?ido=1&lang=eng
Global Risk Data Platformhttp://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/preview/data/data_sources/index_data_sources.php
Guidelines for Improving for Improving Hazard Resistant Construction of Buildings and Land Use Zoning http://www.bmtpc.org/pubs/guide.htm
Consolidated Reply UN Indiahttp://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/en/Disaster-Management/Browse-Consolidated-Replies.html
Status report on standardization efforts in the area of mitigation of natural hazardshttp://www.preventionweb.net/files/2498_BIS.pdf Presents building standards and reviews the standardization process.
Total Disaster Risk Managementhttp://www.adrc.asia/publications/TDRM2005/TDRM_Good_Practices/GP2008_e.html
Datum International http://datum.gn.apc.org/vulnerability2.html
American Concrete Institute bookstore and publicationshttp://www.concrete.org/bookstore/bookstore.htm
The Development Bookshop operated by Practical Action Publishing http://developmentbookshop.com/index.php This website has a wide selection of books on in different development topics including construction, water and sanitation, disaster and emergencies etc.
National Hazards Center Library Hazlit Databasehttp://ibs.colorado.edu/hazards/library/hazlit/NatHazSearch.php
Resist Natural Hazardshttp://www.wbdg.org/design/resist_hazards.php
Philconstruct OnlinePhillippne Construction Industry Portal http://www.philconstruct.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Geotechnical Engineering 101 and morehttp://kshitija.wordpress.com/2006/06/
Confined Masonry Networkhttp://www.confinedmasonry.org/?cat=11
Geographic Information Sciences http://hazards.lsu.edu/
Infrastructure Sector Forum in the Australian Development Gateway http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=67&rid=0&S=f09f31f4653adb099b62c72a4382e546
Australian Institute of Buildinghttp://www.aib.org.au/buildingcodes/bca.htm
Building Research Establishment http://www.brebookshop.com/
Central United States Earthquake Consortium http://www.cusec.org/
Education Cluster http://www.humanitarianreform.org/humanitarianreform/Default.aspx?tabid=115
Emergency Management Forum http://www.emforum.org/
Disaster Prevention Praxis http://disasterpreventionpraxis.blogspot.com/
Building for Safety Compendium: An annotated bibliography and information directory for safe building 1994.By Andrew Clayton & Ian DavisIntermediate Technology Publications (Practical Action) London. http://www.amazon.com/Building-Safety-Compendium-Bibliogrpahy-Information/dp/1853391816
GIS Natural Hazard Management http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/natural_hazards/overview/index.htm
Disaster Reduction Hyperbase http://drh.edm.bosai.go.jp/links
UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction http://www.unisdr.org/eng/library/lib-terminology-eng.htm
Risk RED Favourite Information Sources on Schoolshttp://www.riskred.org/favourites.html#schools
* UNESCO Documents ( These documents can be found on the link below- but it doesn’t always seem to work)-Resources are listed in this order on the webpage.
http://cid-f67783761beebd7a.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/P%c3%bablico/UNESCO/DISASTER%20PLANNING%20RELIEF%20AND%20RECONSTRUCTION.pdf
~Design, Siting and Construction of Low Cost Housing and Community Buildings to Better Withstand Earthquakes and Windstorms.
Disaster and Development Workshops: A Manual for training in Capacities & Vulnerabilities Analysis (1990)Anderson, Mary B; Woodrow, Peter J. http://desastres.usac.edu.gt/documentos/pdf/eng/doc1803/doc1803.htm
~Disaster Planning Relief and Reconstruction
~Earthquake Prediction: Proceedings of the international symposium on Earthquake Prediction.
~Guidelines for disaster prevention vol 1. pre- disaster physical planning of human settlements.~Guidelines for Disaster Prevention Vol.2~Guidelines for Disaster Prevention Vol.3 (These three documents are also found in French)
Natural Disasters Acts of god or acts of manhttp://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED259989&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED259989
Proceeding of the Seminar on Earthquake Preparednesshttp://desastres.usac.edu.gt/documentos/pdf/eng/doc4310/doc4310-portada.pdf
~Regles Parasismique 1969 Revisees 1982 et Annexes -- Groupe de Coordination des Textes Techniques (French)
~Report of The Interregional Seminar on Low-Cost Construction Resistant to Earthquakes and Hurricanes
~Earthquakes-The Assessment and Mitigation of earthquake (Also in Spanish)
The four Disaster Prevention and Mitigation training course (1996) http://www.cipae.edu.mx/tools/UNESCO/The%20four%20disaster%20prevention%20and%20mitigation%20training%20course.pdf
~The home Builder's Guide for Earthquake Design
*Misc The Worm in the Bud: Corruption, construction and catastrophe By James Lewis. Chapter 12 in Hazards and the Built Environment (Lee Bosher Ed; ISBN 13: 978-0-415-42729-6) Taylor Francis. 2008.
Improved Building Construction ? By James Lewis. 2001. Radix http://www.radixonline.org/knowingvsdoing.htm and at http://datum.gn.apc.org/PDFs/Improved%20building%20construction.pdf
REPORT School Design and hazard resistance, construction training and curriculum infusion: Preliminary Field Mission for a Caribbean Subregional Project Framework (Antigua & Barbuda; Jamaica; St Christopher & Nevis; St Vincent & The Grenadines) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Paris By James Lewis, Datum International. 1991
