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Eco-system Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan: a Handbook for Practitioners

This handbook introduces some approaches to disaster risk management based on a symbiotic relationship between nature and humanity, and compiles basic information on practical matters for reference. It highlights some of the benefits and advantages of Eco-system based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR), the traditional and new ecosystem-based approaches as well as the key points in […]

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Hazagora: will you survive the next disaster? GeoHazards and DRR Games

Hazagora: a serious game to raise awareness about geohazards and disaster risk reduction. This paper presents the development of a board game aimed at raising awareness about geohazards and disaster risk reduction strategies. The target groups are: i) secondary school students and citizens and ii) scientists and stakeholders involved in risk management activities. For the

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Strategic directions: strengthening national platforms for disaster reduction – with experience in Kyrgyz Republic

The strategic directions on strengthening National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction are intended for use by all stakeholders as a guiding document or manual, which proposes a list of rational options of organizational and practical actions that aim at strengthening the capacity, increasing efficiency and effectiveness of national platforms for disaster risk reduction. The given

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Research on Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management.

This Strategic research into national and local capacity building for disaster risk management includes a sythesis report, policy recommendations, literature review and case studies. The research is conducted Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and the University of East Anglia (UEA) for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in September 2013. As part of the research, an M&E framework has

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CROISSANT ROUGE MAROCAIN : Equipe Nationale d’Intervention aux Catastrophes (ENIC)

Le Croissant Rouge Marocain(CRM) a toujours été très actif dans le domaine de gestion des catastrophes notamment avec l’intervention de son équipe nationale de réponse aux catastrophes dont les prouesses ne sont plus à démontrer Cette étude de cas a été sollicitée par le Bureau Régional de la Fédération de l’Afrique du Nord et du

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Egyptian Red Crescent : National Disaster Response (NDRT) Mechanism

Demonstrations and civil violence which has plagued Egypt since 2011 required the development of First Aid Emergency Action Teams (EAT). This initiative whilst highly successful and ongoing has been some argue at the expense of the NDRT development.  The challenge now is for ERC to also create a national response mechanism which is holistic, sustainable and well-resourced. Consideration

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A Networked Approach to Strengthening Emergency Response Capacity

Over the past decade, the global humanitarian agenda has moved from saving lives and providing basic services in emergencies toward building resilience to crises. However, the recent Ebola outbreaks in West Africa and ongoing crises in countries such as Syria, Somalia, and the Central African Republic have exposed weaknesses in humanitarian emergency response (ER). This

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Empowering Communities & Strengthening Resilience – Partnerships for Disaster Resilience for Thailand

 This publication serves to document the lessons learned by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC and its development partners during their work in Thailand, with a focus on the implementation experience of projects following the ‘Great Floods’ of 2011. Importantly, these lessons are considered in the wider context of previous community-based disaster risk reduction work carried out by

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