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What is a building improvement programme -- Why building improvement programmes? -- Promotion of building improvement programmes -- The developmental context -- Sustainable building development programmes -- The political context -- Education and training issues -- Social issues -- Management and leadership issues -- Technical issues -- The project cycle -- The cyclone prone coastal region of the State of Andhra Pradesh, India: a state-government approach -- The SENA self-help reconstruction programme following the 1983 Popayan earthquake, Colombia: a governmental vocational training centre approach -- A rural housing project in Ecuador -- Housing reconstruction in El Salvador: low income housing and earthquake reconstruction in the San Salvador metropolitan area -- Initiatives for safer housing in Jamaica: an overview -- Rehabilitation of rural areas after severe flooding in Jamaica: a builder's training programme for disaster mitigation -- The Alto Mayo reconstruction plan, Peru: an NGO approach -- The semiotics of technological innovation: introducing safe building technologies in housing in Peru -- The Philippines core shelter housing programme -- Disaster-resistant housing in the Soloman Islands and Pacific: the approach of a builders' training NGO -- Key principles for strengthening buildings against typhoons: training and promotion of preventive action in Central Vietnam -- The Dhamar building education project, Yemen -- Case studies summary