Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in Samoa

The author discusses a programme launched to enhance  community resilience in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and  outlines a unique method for measuring resilience capabilities. 

This educational comic for children and youth focuses on tsunami, issued as part of a series of A Road to Resilience in Southeast Asia comics covering 7 hazards (drought, earthquake, fire, flood, hygiene promotion, tsunami, typhoon and cyclones). The...

Based on research by a team of Nepalese and international experts, this report carries out an analysis of five key elements related to urban housing and settlement – land, basic services, housing finance, building materials and construction tec...