strategy
Teaching disaster resistant construction methods
Synonyms:
Training constructors to build for natural disasters Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends developing training programmes for contractors and builders on disaster-resistant construction methods. Some programmes should be directed particularly at small enterprises, which build the great majority of housing and other small buildings in the developing countries, as well as at rural populations which build their own houses.
Facilitates:
Preparing disaster contingency plans for settlements Subjects:
Industry → ConstructionSocietal Problems → Emergencies
Education → Training
Education → Educators
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
