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<h2>A Primer</h2>
<h5>January 2014</h5>
Draft pending USAID review
Prepared by Build Change and produced by Parsons Engineering for the United States Agency for International Development
This Primer introduces engineering and development professionals, USAID officers, and host country officials, to the basic steps, principles, and best practices in the process of planning and executing post-disaster mitigation of site hazards for homeowner-driven housing reconstruction projects funded by USAID. It provides a road map for developing a project through planning, evaluation, design, and implementation.

Appendix 1: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%201%20-%20Qualitative%20Risk%20Analysis.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Qualitative Risk Analysis</a>
Appendix 2: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%202%20-%20Case%20Study%20-%20Haiti.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Case Study: Haiti</a>
Appendix 3: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%203%20-%20Field%20Documents%20and%20Forms.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Field Documents and Forms</a>
Appendix 4: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%204%20-%20Design%20Package%20Documents.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Design Package Documents</a>
Appendix 5: <a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Appendix%205%20-%20Construction%20QC%20Checklists.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Construction QC Checklists</a>

<h5>Resources:</h5>
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<li><a href="https://www.emdat.be/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Disaster Database (EM-DAT)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Practice%20Note%20Guidelines%20for%20Landslide%20Risk%20Management%202007.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) “Practice Note Guidelines for Landslide Risk Management 2007”</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/static/GSHAP/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buildchange-web.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/pdfs/usaidprimers/Stone%20Masonry%20Construction.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjana Lutman, “Stone Masonry Construction”</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Organizations:</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://fidic.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://australiangeomechanics.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS)</a></li>
</ul>

Build Change for USAID. Site and Retaining Wall Hazard Mitigation in Post-Disaster Situations: A Primer (Draft pending USAID review). Prepared by Build Change and produced by Parsons Engineering for USAID. January, 2014.

Site and Retaining Wall Hazard Mitigation in Post-Disaster Situations

A Primer

January 2014

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