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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Emergency Planning

In 1978 the architect Ian Davis published a small book entitled Shelter After Disaster , [iv] which included a number of well-chosen exposés of post-disaster housing as architectural fantasy rather than useful dwelling place. Consider, for example, the role of the Internet and social media. ii] Farmer, Paul 2012. i] Muggah, R.

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SIA New Member Profile: Sitasys AG

Security Industry Association

BS : Sitasys was founded in 2012 as a spinoff of Ascom. As Uber did in the movement of people, cloud architectures and innovative services can now be offered with a few mouse clicks and a little bit of creativity! Tell us the story of your company. Sitasys envisions democratizing access to alarm management.