Engineering in emergencies : a practical guide for relief workers
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Engineering in emergencies : a practical guide for relief workers
ITDG, 2002
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Previous ed: 1995
"Published in association with RedR"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 698-704) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Engineering in Emergencies is a hugely successful practical handbook for all relief workers involved in giving humanitarian assistance. It provides the information needed to implement an effective engineering response in the aftermath of an emergency. The second edition of Engineering in Emergencies maintains the practical content of the first edition but has been revised and updated to reflect developments in humanitarian relief in recent years. The combination of 'hard' topics, such as water and sanitation, and 'soft' topics, such as managerial skills and personal effectiveness, has been retained from the original edition and the book expanded to include two new chapters on security and telecommunications. The new second edition will be available both as a book and as a handy CD-ROM, especially designed to be light and easily portable for relief workers in the field. Engineering in Emergencies is developed in collaboration with the agency RedR - Engineers for Disaster Relief, based in Westminster.
Table of Contents
- Contents in detail
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Emergencies
- 2 The humanitarian relief system
- 3 Personal effectiveness
- 4 Personal security
- 5 Assessment and planning
- 6 Management
- 7 Logistics
- 8 Telecommunications
- 9 Environmental health
- 10 Environmental sanitation
- 11 Emergency water supply
- 12 Water source development
- 13 Water storage, treatment and distribution
- 14 Pumps
- 15 Mechanical plant
- 16 Electrical plant
- 17 Vehicles
- 18 Roads, crossings and airstrips
- 19 Shelter and built infrastructure
- 20 Temporary settlements
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
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