Improvement of Low-Cost Housing in Fiji to Withstand Hurricanes and Earthquakes
In 1980 the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation (SPEC), in response to the disaster threats in Fiji as well as other Pacific nations, called for the establishment of disaster preparedness measures in the region. At a Disaster Preparedness Planning Conference in Suva in 1979, the housing sector was identified as a priority area for action.
In support of these objectives, INTERTECT was retained by the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, Agency for International Development, to conduct a survey of low-cost housing in Fiji and three other countries to determine its vulnerability to hurricanes and earthquakes.