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The healing community:
the importance of community-based interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Magda Rooze, Ariëlle de Ruyter, Dean Ajdukovic, Nienke Fundter and Jorn
Hövels, Stichting Impact, Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for post-disaster
psychosocial care
The development of bamboo houses in
earthquake prone rural areas, Yunnan, China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Dr Hongzhou Lai, Recovery and Reconstruction Management Office,
National Disaster Reduction Center of China
Risk resilient communities:
the Aga Khan Development Network in northern Pakistan . . . . . . . . . .109
Asif Merchant, CEO, and Khizer F. Omer, Manager Planning and Evaluation,
Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan
Karim Nayani, Nusrat Nasab and Samina Sardar, FOCUS Pakistan
Post-disaster assessment of building damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Arghya Sinha Roy, Programme Coordinator, Disaster Management Systems,
Supriya Prabhu Mehta, Project Manager, Disaster Management Systems,
K Iftekhar Ahmed, Project Manager, Urban Disaster Risk Management,
NMSI Arambepola, Director, Urban Disaster Risk Management,
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Rethinking post-disaster reconstruction:
rural and urban areas of Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Muzaffer Baca, Vice President, International Blue Crescent Humanitarian
Relief Organization
Ömer Faruk Görçün, Instructor, Anadolu Bil Professional School of Higher
Education, International Blue Crescent
A new understanding and approach to
disaster management in Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Orhan Topçu, GDEM, Turkey
More to lose: reducing family vulnerability to flood and
storm damage in central Vietnam 1989-2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
John Norton and Guillaume Chantry, Development Workshop
Earthquake-safer construction:
developing a set of standard designs for building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Binod Shrestha, Geotechnical Engineer, National Society for Earthquake
Technology, Nepal
Vulnerability and risk reduction:
existing non-engineered buildings in urban areas of Nepal . . . . . . . . . .128
Hima Shrestha, Structural Engineer, National Society for Earthquake
Technology, Nepal
Are we ready for the next big event?
NASA’s strategy for Earth observations and solutions for society . . . . .130
Stephen D. Ambrose, Program Manager for Disaster Management, Applied
Sciences Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Effective risk reduction through monitoring of the
environment from space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Jérôme Béquignon, Programme Co-ordinator, European Space Agency
Review of UK space activities in support of disaster reduction: an update .135
Mark Churchyard and Ian Downey for the British National Space Centre
NASA’s plan for sustainable development in response to
WSSD goals and objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Shahid Habib, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Stephen Ambrose, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
GIS and spatial technologies in disaster management:
a case study approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Satya Priya, General Manager, Spatial Modeling, RMSI
Moving from technology to its applications: using satellite
remote sensing for disaster prevention and vulnerability reduction . . .146
F. Pisano and E. Bjorgo, UNITAR Operational Satellite Applications Programme
Desalination as a potential technological hazard to the
environment in the arid West Asia region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Hosny Khordagui PhD, Chief, Water & Environment Team, UN Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia
Notes and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
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