CRED, EM-DAT disaster database
www.emdat.be
Global database of world disasters

IFRC, World Disasters Report, 2018 - Leaving no one behind
Available from www.ifrc.org
Annual report providing a global overview of disaster trends

IFRC, reports
Available from reliefweb.int
These include Appeals, Operational  updates, final, mid year and annual reports

IDMC/ NRC, Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2018
Available from www.internal-displacement.org
Overview of IDP issues.

OCHA, Sitreps,
Available from www.unocha.org
Situation reports on major responses. Where possible these have been used for response timeline data and figures for the number of houses damaged

UN OCHA, Global Humanitarian Overview www.unocha.org
Financial appeals, humanitarian needs overviews and response plans for OCHA coordinated responses.

UNHCR, Global Trends: Forced displacement in 2017
Available from www.unhcr.org
Annual summary of global statistics relating to refugees and persons of concern to UNHCR.

UNHCR, Operational Data Portal
https://data2.unhcr.org/
Web-based coordination tool for refugee operations.

www.sheltercluster.org
Home page of the Global Shelter Cluster - the coordination mechanism for shelter responses. Contains links to individual responses, including strategy documents.

www.sphereproject.org
Download the Sphere Handbook, find information on trainings and other activities from the Sphere Project. The Sphere Project aims to improve the quality of humanitarian assistance and the accountability of humanitarian actors to their constituents, donors and affected populations.

procurement.ifrc.org/catalogue/
IFRC/ICRC Emergency relief items catalogue - website
IFRC/ICRC Emergency relief items catalogue: detailed specifications of all items commonly used by IFRC, ICRC, IOM and other organizations.

http://www.humanitarianlibrary.org
Humanitarian Library
The Humanitarian Library is designed as a global clearing house for regional humanitarian knowledge. As a user oriented resource, it is designed to be the first reference for both sharing and searching for field-relevant documents.

www.reliefweb.int
Up to date information on complex emergencies and natural disasters as well as an archive of information, field reports and situation reports from emergencies since 1996. OCHA situation reports (sitreps) and IFRC appeal documents and operations updates have been of particular use in compiling these case studies.

The Frederick C. Cuny / INTERTECT Collection
Digital collection of Frederick Cuny’s working library, office files, press clippings, slides, photos and videos of Cuny and his team at the disaster relief/response firm, Intertect.

www.humanitarianresponse.info
Humanitarian Response aims to be the central website for Information Management tools and services, enabling information exchange among operational responders during either a protracted or sudden onset emergency

www.hrrpnepal.org
Nepal Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform (HRRP), Research products. This web page compiles research products developed in the context of the housing recovery in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake.

Albu, M., The Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit, 2010
Also available from:www.emma-toolkit.org
A toolkit designed for generalists, as well as specialist staff on how to conduct an emergency market mapping analysis.

Barakat, S., HPN Network paper 043, Housing reconstruction after conflict and disaster, ODI, 2003
Also available from: www.odihpn.org
Review of housing reconstruction  experiences and approaches.

Camp Management Toolkit, 2015
Also available from:www.cmtoolkit.org
The toolkit gives official guidelines on the setup and running of camps and settlements, both in emergencies and longterm situations.

Care International, Gender and Shelter: Good programming guidelines, 2016
Also available from:www.careinternational.org.uk
Guidelines to provide practical guidance on how to integrate gender in the shelter sector, enabling shelter programmes to address the needs of affected communities more successfully.

Corsellis and Vitale, Transitional Settlement: Displaced Populations, Oxfam publishing, 2005
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
Guidelines for the strategic planning and implemention of settlement responses for displaced populations.

CRATerre, IFRC, Assessing local building cultures for resilience & development: A practical guide for community-based assessment.
Also available from:www.craterre.org
This guide is a tool for those working on habitat and community resilience, to improve the quality of their interventions.

CRS, How-to Guide: Managing Post-disaster (Re)-Construction Projects, 2013
Also available from: www.crs.org
Step-by-step guide on management of owner-driven and contractor-built construction.

CRS, Pintakasi: A review of shelter/WASH delivery methods in post-disaster recovery interventions, 2016
Also available from: www.crs.org
A study to assess the efficiency, effectiveness and appropriateness of shelter and WASH assistance modalities in the Filipino context.

CRS, Using Cash for Shelter: An overview of CRS Programs, 2015
Also available from: www.crs.org
An analysis of CRS shelter programmes to understand when cash works, why it works, and what factors contribute to its success or failure.

CRS, Extending Impact: Factors influencing households to adopt hazard-resistant construction practices in post-disaster settings, 2015
Also available from: www.crs.org
A study to understand what influences people’s behaviour by analysing what prompts, guides or drives people to behave in a certain way, in relation to the use of hazard‑resistant construction practices.

EU and UN-Habitat, Building, Owning and Belonging. From assisting owner-driven housing reconstruction to co-production in Sri Lanka, India and beyond, 2018.
Also available from: https://publications.europa.eu/

Global Shelter Cluster, Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Shelter Programming
Set of documents which aim to provide tools to help shelter actors to mainstream GBV risk mitigation in their shelter programming. Available from: www.sheltercluster.org/gbv

Global Shelter Cluster, The State of Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements 2018
This report aims to raise the profile and understanding of the shelter and settlements sector with a broad community, including policy makers, donors, governments, academics and senior managers in humanitarian agencies. It includes articles on a variety of topics and a section on data analysis. Available from: www.sheltercluster.org

IASC, Shelter Centre, Selecting NFIs for shelter, 2008
Also available from: www.humanitarianlibrary.org
Provides information, case studies and guidance on how to choose the best items to distribute to those affected by natural disaster or conflict.

ICRC/IFRC Guidelines for cash transfer programming, 2007
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
Provides information on when and how to distribute cash in disaster response.

IFRC, Guidelines for assessment in emergencies, 2008
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
Practical information and guidance on how to conduct assessments in emergencies.

IFRC, Owner Driven Housing Reconstruction Guidelines (ODHR), 2010
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
Guidance on the planning and implementation of assisted self help reconstruction projects.

IFRC, Participatory Approach for Safe Shelter Awareness, 2011
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
Guidance on the planning and implementation of assisted self help reconstruction projects.

IFRC, The IFRC shelter kit, 2010
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
A guide on the IFRC shelter kit and how to use it.

IFRC, Handicap International, CBM, All Under One Roof, 2015
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
A guideline for providing disability inclusive shelter and settlement solutions in emergencies.

IFRC, Rapid tenure assessment guidelines for post-disaster response planning, 2015.
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
Guidelines designed to assist assessment of a country’s housing, land and property sector, to ensure a more equitable, informed and consequently sustainable shelter response.

IFRC, Oxfam GB, Plastic sheeting, 2007
Also available from: www.plastic-sheeting.org
A guide to the use and specification of plastic sheeting in humanitarian relief, 2007. An illustrated booklet on when and how to use plastic sheeting most effectively in emergencies.

Jha, A., Duyne Barenstein, J., Phelps, P., Pittet, D., Sena, S., Stronger Homes, Stronger Communities, 2010
Also available from: www.preventionweb.net
A handbook developed to assist policy makers and project managers, engaged in large-scale post-disaster reconstruction programmes, make decisions about how to reconstruct housing and support communities after natural disasters.

Maynard, V., Parker, E. and Twigg, J., The effectiveness and efficiency of interventions supporting shelter self-recovery following humanitarian crises: An evidence synthesis. Humanitarian Evidence Programme. Oxford: Oxfam GB, 2017
Also available from: www.policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk

MSF, Shelter Centre, Shade Nets: Use, deployment andprocurement of shade nets in humanitarian relief environments
Also available from: www.humanitarianresponse.info
General guidance for the procurement and use of shade nets.

NRC, Shelter Centre, Urban Shelter Guidelines, 2010
Also available from: www.urban-response.org
General guidance for urban humanitarian response.

NRC, IFRC, Security of Tenure in Humanitarian Shelter Operations, 2013
Also available from: www.ifrc.org
A short report highlighting the regulatory barriers to the provision of short and medium term shelter solutions, presented in collaboration through several case studies.

NRC/Stronger Cities Consortium, Security of tenure in urban areas, 2017
Also available from: https://pubs.iied.org/
This guidance note provides an overview of the key strategies for approaching tenure in urban humanitarian interventions from the outset of a response.

Practical Action, Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards, 2009
Also available from: www.livestock-emergency.net
Guidelines and standards relating to livestock in emergencies.

Shelter Centre, UN, DfID, Shelter after disaster - Strategies for transitional settlement and reconstruction, 2010
Also available from: www.humanitarianlibrary.org
A book containing information and guidance on how to agree strategies for reconstruction after natural disasters. Contains description of the types of shelter programmes that organisations can implement.

Sphere Project, Sphere - Humanitarian charter and minimum standards in humanitarian response, 2018
Also available from: www.sphereproject.org
Contains consensus standards agreed among major humanitarian organisations for key sectors, including shelter and settlement. It also contains actions, indicators and guidance notes as to whether standards have been achieved.

UNDRO (now UN OCHA), Davis, I., Shelter After Disaster, Guidelines for Assistance, 1982
Also available from: www.reliefweb.int
Guidelines and description of shelter provision in all aspects of natural disasters (from preparedness to reconstruction).

UN-Habitat, Land and Natural Disasters - Guidance for Practitioners, 2010
Also available from: www.unhabitat.org
A book containing guidance on land issues following natural disasters.

UN-Habitat, Women in Post-Conflict Settlement Planning, 2014.
Also available from: www.unhabitat.org
This handbook goes through different areas related to the post-conflict settlement planning process and gives advice on how to include gender perspectives in each of them.

UN-Habitat, Good Practices and Lessons Learned in Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Sri Lanka, 2017.
Also available from: www.unhabitat.lk
A document capturing the key good practices and lessons learned in implementing the post-conflict reconstruction programme over a period of six years.

UNHCR, Handbook for Emergencies, Third Edition, 2007
The fourth edition of the handbook, published in 2015 is an updated digital version, available from: emergency.unhcr.org
A book containing guidance on the management and all the key sectors in refugee emergencies.

UNHCR, Shelter Design Catalogue, 2016.
Also available from: www.sheltercluster.org
A compilation of shelter designs developed across a variety of locations, contexts and climates.

UNICEF, Compendium of Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS): Design and practice in emergencies, 2011
Designs and guidance on the construction of temporary learning spaces.

UN OCHA, Tents - A guide to the use and logistics of tents in humanitarian relief, 2004
Also available from: www.humanitarianresponse.info
A booklet describing when and how to use tents as well how to support those living in them to best adapt them to meet their needs.

Global Shelter Cluster, Shelter Projects 2017-2018
Case studies of shelter projects implemented between 1935 and 2018. Includes many different types of shelter and settlement responses in the humanitarian and recovery context.

Global Shelter Cluster, Shelter Projects 2015-2016
Case studies of shelter projects implemented between 1906 and 2016. Includes many different types of shelter and settlement responses in the humanitarian context.

UNHABITAT, UNHCR, IFRC, Shelter Projects 2013-2014
Case studies of shelter projects implemented between 1906 and 2014. Includes many different types of shelter and settlement responses in the humanitarian context.

UNHABITAT, UNHCR, IFRC, Shelter Projects 2011-2012
Case studies of shelter projects implemented between 1906 and 2012. Includes many different types of shelter and settlement responses in the humanitarian context.

UNHABITAT, UNHCR, IFRC, Shelter Projects 2010
Case studies of shelter projects implemented between 1906 and 2010. Includes many different types of shelter and settlement responses in the humanitarian context.

UNHABITAT, UNHCR, IFRC, Shelter Projects 2009
Case studies of shelter projects implemented between 1945 and 2009. Includes many different types of shelter and settlement responses in the humanitarian context.

UNHABITAT, UNHCR, IFRC, Shelter Projects 2008
Compilation of case studies illustrating humanitarian shelter and settlement responses.

Global Shelter Cluster, Settlement Approaches in Urban Areas. Compendium of case studies, 2018
Including 31 case studies from 20 organizations, this compendium consolidates current practice on multisectoral, settlement-based approaches in response to urban crises, identifying common challenges, constraints and lessons. This and more at: www.sheltercluster.org

Global CCCM Cluster, CCCM case studies vol.1, 2014
This publication is the first edition of Case Studies by the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster. These studies aim to provide field practitioners with a collection of CCCM experiences and lessons for future reference. The Case Studies focus on several CCCM aspects and portray a range of field practices applied by various actors in different regions of the world. Also available from: www.globalcccmcluster.org

Global CCCM Cluster, CCCM case studies vol.2, 2016
In this second edition, case studies include reflections on addressing gender-based violence in complex environments; the value of strong inter-cluster coordination to ensure a rapid and effective response to humanitarian needs; and the importance of building the CCCM capacity of local authorities and partners to respond to displacement. Also available from: www.globalcccmcluster.org

Global CCCM Cluster, CCCM case studies 2016-2019
The case studies discuss initiatives to harmonize activities and working tools among a high number of sites, mentorship programmes, mobile CCCM teams’ activities as well as examples of how the CCCM areabased approach can be operationalised. Available from: www.globalcccmcluster.org

CRS, Learning From the Urban Transitional Shelter Response in Haiti - 2012
Also available from: www.crsprogramquality.org
CRS’s experiences  in planning and implementing its urban transitional shelter response in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

CRS, Learning From Urban Transitional Settlement Response in the Philippines: Housing, Land and Property - 2012
Also Available from: www.crsprogramquality.org
Reflections and questions to ask to improve future transitional settlement and land programs

CRS, Shelter, Settlements and Infrastructure case studies, 2018
Also available from: www.crs.org
A selection of short, compelling case studies that highlight diverse, challenging, innovative and impactful efforts in providing safe, dignified homes and settlement solutions for people in need in the wake of an emergency.

IFRC, Transitional Shelter: Eight Designs, 2011
Also available from: www.shelterprojects.org
A review of risks in shelter construction and detailed structural analysis of eight different transitional shelter designs that have been used in the field in large scale projects.

IFRC, Post-disaster Shelter: Ten Designs, 2013
Also available from: www.Shelterprojects.org
A review of risks in shelter construction and detailed structural analysis of ten post-disaster shelter designs that have been used in the field in large scale projects.

SDC - Cash transfer Projects
www.sdc-cashprojects.ch
Compilation of cash projects by SDC. Includes shelter case studies.

Rick Bauer and Jonathan Brass, Oxfam GB, Brick Markets in West Sumatra after the 30 September 2009 Earthquake, an inter-agency assessment of issues in brick supply and demand 16 –19 October 2009 Pariaman and Padang Districts - West Sumatra.