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Habitat for Humanity at the World Urban Forum

Disaster Recovery and Resilience Shelter Catalogue: Working in Urban Environments

The first edition of this catalogue, published in 2013, collected more than 60 case studies describing a breadth of Habitat disaster response projects around the world. To account for disaster risk reduction and response projects implemented since 2013, we have designed a series of five thematic editions. This is the first of the series, dedicated to Habitat’s disaster risk reduction and response work in urban environments.

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