Sentence examples for durable houses from inspiring English sources

Buildings were often razed by earthquakes or fire, so durable houses were rare.

Habitat for Humanity, an NGO, is building durable houses of bamboo in Nepal.

In terms of material culture, durable houses and heavy tools such as pestles, mortars, and grindstones, all of which had long been known, came into more general use.

They range from people moving into transitional shelters and durable houses, to rising evictions, insecurity, deteriorating sanitary conditions and declining services in camps according to a joint statement by the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations in Haiti.

More than half the agencies said focusing more on disaster risk reduction (DRR) -- everything from building more durable houses and schools in safer places to teaching children to swim -- would help the sector cope better in the long run.

Nothing good, be it democracy or more durable house paint, comes without a price.

Between 2000 and 2014, more than 200 million people living in slums got access to either improved water, sanitation, durable housing or less crowded housing conditions.

In their search for more high-tech concrete mixtures, they have found a fast, innovative way to make cheap, durable housing for both the developing and the developed world.

The report is "the latest in a series of data points suggesting a durable housing recovery is under way," Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist at the brokerage firm BTIG, said in a note to clients.

Projects vary from place to place but the idea is to provide more durable housing, increase residents' rights and connect them to infrastructure and services that other citizens have such as access to clean water.

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