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This document aims to present a series of reflections on the criteria governing design and construction of health infrastructure and puts forward recommendations about ways to mitigate risk to the population and to the investment made in construction of

The hospital system constitutes one of the fundamental components of the health sector. Although the primary health care level has received special attention in recent years, this document refers essentially to infrastructure of the second and third level

This document aims to present a series of considerations on the criteria governing architectural design of health infrastructure and offers recommendations that should be discussed by participants representing various disciplines on ways to mitigate risk

It bears noting that many of the damaged hospitals have been designed in accordance with standards of seismic-resistant construction. This suggests that the structural design of hospitals should be carried out with much greater care than in the case of

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) is a major outcome of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. Following the signing of the Convention in Paris in October 1994, this innovative document came into force on 26

After a devastating dust storm that swept across Northern China in 2000, there was much interest in examining and analyzing experiences with dust storm mitigation, prevention, forecasting and control. What has emerged from the writings collected in this

The Conference of the Parties decided to include in its eighth session interactive dialogue sessions with the relevant stakeholders, including ministers, nongovernmental organizations and members of parliament, on agenda items of relevance to them. This

Series: Les dossiers thématiques du CSFD, issue 1

Today, it appears necessary to take stock of the desertification process: What is its extent? What consequences does it entail? How vulnerable are the societies affected? Does desertification worsening