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Study Of The Effects Of Aging On Landmines, Daniele Ressler
Study Of The Effects Of Aging On Landmines, Daniele Ressler
CISR Studies and Reports
Most of the mines that currently threaten populations were manufactured more than 50 years ago and many have been in the ground for 30 years or more. Despite the inevitable and obvious deterioration, there has been very little research into the effects of aging on landmines.
In 2008, James Madison University (JMU), the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR), and C King Associates Ltd (CKA) began a study designed to understand the aging process and the range of implications for the various components of mine action. The two-and-a-half year study was funded by grants from the US Department of …
Scoping Study Of The Effects Of Aging On Landmines, Daniele Ressler
Scoping Study Of The Effects Of Aging On Landmines, Daniele Ressler
CISR Studies and Reports
The Mine Action Information Center at James Madison University has partnered with a British EOD consultancy company, C King Associates Ltd, to conduct a preliminary study into the effects of aging on landmines. This project entailed examination and disassembly of several types of anti-personnel mines, a literature review of relevant material and analysis of the initial findings.
The study confirms a fairly obvious assumption: The characteristics of mines change significantly as they grow older. However, while this situation is constantly observed in the field through the recovery of rotted, rusted and damaged mines, it has never been adequately investigated. The …
Adaptive Technology Catalog, Cisr
Adaptive Technology Catalog, Cisr
CISR Studies and Reports
By design, the purpose of this Adaptive Technology Catalog is to provide a resource for governments, survivor-assistance and other agencies to help victims of landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) and other disabled workers get back to self-sufficiency and paid work.
Landmine and ERW injuries have a devastating impact on the economic security of individuals, families and communities. Most often, these circumstances exist in countries that lack the basic social welfare infrastructure that might otherwise keep this at-risk population from poverty.
Designing, developing and identifying simple and inexpensive tools and programs that assist with survivor work reintegration is …