Practical Action Publishing
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Solar Thermal Technologies in India
Renewable energy practices in India
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Urine Diverting Dehydration Toilet (UDDT)
The majority of communities worldwide pollute ground water resources and the environment as a result of flush toilets.
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Walls- using interlocking stabilised soil blocks
Soil blocks have distinct advantages over hollow concrete blocks as well as fired bricks. It offers greater structural stability by having "keys" which interlock with other blocks when constructing walls and columns. This technical brief discusses about this technology.
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Water Supply During Emergencies
Overview of options for water supply in an emergency context, with relation to people-centred reconstruction principles.
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Normes pour l’appui aux moyens d’existence en rapport avec les cultures dans les situations d’urgence
Des millions de personnes à travers le monde sont vulnérables aux crises et dépendent fortement de la production végétale pour assurer leurs moyens d’existence. Actuellement, 40 % des personnes pauvres de la planète vivent dans des économies touchées par la précarité, un confl it ou la violence. Ce...
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Development and Disasters
Good development could − and should − be the driving force for averting disasters by reducing vulnerability. But conversely, in many cases, development itself becomes a major cause of vulnerability and disasters. This new edition describes the complex relationship between disasters and developmen...
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Plastic Pollution Solution
Plastic Pollution Solution, for policy makers, details the effects of plastic pollution on people, animals and the planet and sets out ways to combat it.
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Normas para el apoyo a los medios de subsistencia relativos a cultivos en emergencias
En todo el mundo, millones de personas vulnerables a crisis dependen en gran medida de la producción de cultivos para apoyar sus medios de subsistencia. En la actualidad, el 40% de las personas pobres del mundo viven en economías afectadas por precariedad, confl ictos y violencia. Se espera que esa...
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Sustaining and Scaling Up Community Managed Water
Jeff Tan, Stephen M. Lyon, Attaullah Shah
Community-based water management (CBWM) remains the leading model for implementing and sustaining rural water supply services in low- and middle-income countries despite the lack of sustainability. Moreover, measures centred on providing external support to communities directly and through a wider p...
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Standards for Supporting Crop-related Livelihoods in Emergencies Arabic
Millions of people around the world who are vulnerable to crises rely heavily on crop production to support their livelihoods. Currently, 40% of the global poor live in economies affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. That number is expected to rise to 67% in the next decade (World Bank 2021...