if solid wastes are not collected and disposed properly, can cause environmental pollution which affect human health, animals and plants. also aesthetic aspect of solid waste disposal is important. therefore proper management is necessary. this study was carried out for the identification and classification of solid waste produced by oil drilling company temporary camps based on rcra act and un...

Background: Some disasters, such as earthquake and flood make the majority of affected people homeless. Theaccommodation of these people in temporary shelters and camps requires some specific ethical issues. The aim of thepresent study was to discuss ethical issues regarding living in camps following natural disasters.Methods: This study is conducted utilizinga qualitative con...

PROBLEM The earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010 caused 1.5 million people to be displaced to temporary camps. The Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population and global immunization partners developed a plan to deliver vaccines to those residing in these camps. A strategy was needed to determine whether the immunization targets set for the campaign were achieved. APPROACH Follow...

The article deals with the issue of energy efficiency in military camps. camps are mostly built during deployments case exercises or missions. As different kinds temporary structures typically used to shelter large part camps’ facilities, area improvement for better lies mainly utilization efficient devices, machines and pieces equipment that by deployed personnel. resulting lower consumption d...

1. introduction the earthquake is a disaster which always threatens our country due to specific geographical conditions. according to official statistics, in the past 25 years, 6% of country’s casualties had been due to the earthquake. on average every ten years an earthquake of magnitude 7 on the richter scale occurs in the country (givechi and coworkers 2013:102). temporary accommodation is a...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Prevention of malaria is a major technical and operational problem in displaced and mobile populations such as refugee camps and temporary labour settlements. Insecticide incorporated plastic sheeting is a new technology to control mosquitoes in emergency shelters and also temporary habitations at different locations. In view of this, efficacy of ZeroFly® , an insecticid...

Remote sensing survey in southern Jordan has identified at least three Roman temporary camps that indicate a probable undocumented military campaign into what is today Saudi Arabia, and which we conjecture linked to the annexation of Nabataean kingdom AD 106.

Abstract This article explores the development of modern refugee camps in Austria-Hungary during First World War by looking at organization and implementation child assistance camps. The argues that a state-driven mobilization relief rehabilitation was organized to alleviate plight children. It points particularly children's health care education as instances marked shift scope wartime Austria-...

Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, more than two million people moved to temporary camps, most of which arose spontaneously in the days after the earthquake. This study focuses on the material assistance people in five Port-au-Prince camps reported receiving, noting the differences between assistance from formal aid agencies and from 'informal' sources such as family. Seven weeks after the ea...