Towards Safer School Construction: A Community-Based Approach

Product Description

Towards Safer School Construction – A Community-Based Approach provides guidance for school construction projects that have one or more of the following characteristics:

Local school committees or community leaders contributing to the funding, planning, construction or oversight of school buildings in hazard-prone areas.
Construction that may enhance existing or planned disaster risk reduction education.
A local construction sector that does not already include robust hazard-resistant design, construction and oversight practice.
Combined post-disaster reconstruction and disaster risk reduction.

While the focus of the manual is on schools built through community-based processes, the guidelines may also enhance more traditional school construction processes, such as when government agencies directly build schools or hire contractors to do so

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Save the Children UNESCO Arup Risk RED

Manufacturing/Building Method

N/A

Intellectural Property Type

Open Source

User Provision Model

N/A

Distributions to Date Status

Unknown

Design Specifications

N/A

Technical Support

N/A

Replacement Components

N/A

Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

This manual shows how community-based approaches to safer school construction can do more than just provide safer school buildings in hazard-prone places. It can also: • Raise awareness about hazards within communities • Build local capacity for safe construction practices • Strengthen a culture of safety within and around the school • Increase a sense of community ownership of the school • Ensure community values are incorporated into school designs

Vetted Performance Status

Unknown

Safety

N/A

Complementary Technical Systems

N/A

Academic Research and References

None

Compliance with regulations

Any and all actions taken my the implementing organization should comply with local regulations.

Other Information

None

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