Technical information for reconstruction

The following links provide information on building construction, water & sanitation, fishing and planning from ITDGPractical Action and others. Further technical information will continue to be posted here. If you are looking for information on a topic not covered here, please contact our Technical Enquiry Service.

• Building and reconstruction
  • Low-cost construction
  • Micro-concrete roofing
  • Clay bricks and tiles
  • Stone construction
  • Earth construction
  • Binders
  • Timber
• Water and sanitation
  • Emergency sanitation and controlling disease
  • Water treatment plants
  • Simple toilet
• Fisherfolk
  • Boat-building
  • Other topics
  • Links
• Environmental restoration
  • Mangroves
  • Aquatic ecosystems
• Other resources
  • Engineers Without Borders database
  • Gender Dimensions in Disaster Management
  • ITDGPractical Action Technical Enquiry Service

Other resources

UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) India in New Delhi have decided to do an India imprint of Gender Dimensions in Disaster Management , which was first published in 2003. This is a joint publication of ITDGPractical Action South Asia, UNDP and Zubaan Publisher, India.

Tsunami Recovery Network – website for the exchange of information and to promote the essential requirements for reconstruction and development in the areas affected by the tsunami disaster. It is organised, maintained and supported by an international Network of universities, consultants, NGOs, media and professional associations with experience in the development of human settlements and the built environment.

Technical briefs

ITDGPractical Action's technical briefs – introductory factsheets and basic practical information – have been written in response to the demand for information on a broad range of appropriate technologies.

• Click here for a full list of technical briefs and other documents giving practical information.

ITDGPractical Action's Technical Enquiry Service supplies, free of charge, technical and developmental information to our target group which includes grassroots development workers, community-based organisations, NGOs and other agencies using appropriate technologies to implement sustainable development.

• Click here to submit an enquiry to ITDGPractical Action's Technical Enquiry Service

Other information resources supported by ITDGPractical Action include:

• The International Network for Technical Information – INTI
  Brings together the combined information resources of the major European development bodies, including ITDGPractical Action, to ensure that our enquirers receive the best possible help. The INTI website lists all the members' contact details, their strengths and their technical briefs.
• The Building Advisory Service & Information Network – basin
  The basin website links development professionals working in Northern and Southern development organisations focused on building issues around the world.
• DFID Resource Centre Scheme Network
  The Department for International Development has sponsored a network of centres that manage information resources for development. The ITDGPractical Action Technical Enquiry Service and resource centres are part of the DFID network.
• links to other information sources

If you have any comments about the Technical Information Service, please contact Neil Noble at: neiln@itdg.org.uk

For general information about ITDGPractical Action, please contact enquiries@itdg.org.uk

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