This publication is a synthesis of lessons from more than a decade of Concern Worldwide’s disaster risk reduction (DRR) programming in urban geographic contexts. Based on research in Port au Prince, Haiti; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Nairobi, Kenya; and Freetown, Sierra Leone, this publication describes Concern’s approach to DRR and offers lessons and guidance on how to […]
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This report on “Risk Reduction and Resilience in Asia: Unpacking the post 2015 Agenda” reflects the views, commitments and interests shown by individual practitioners’ who attended the 8th Practitioner Workshop in Bangkok during 23-25 November 2015 . This is the continuation of practice of knowledge exchange among disaster risk reduction practitioners in a range
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Description The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in collaboration with the IFRC and the American Red Cross has received an award from USAID/OFDA to design and test a set of tools and services to assist Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) National Societies and their partners to create effective city coalitions on community resilience, targeting climate-smart
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A humanitarian response in an urban context must not only meet the immediate needs of affected populations, but also foster recovery and sustainable development in the aftermath of a crisis so that people and the city are safe, healthy, educated, economically empowered and able to cope with future shocks and stresses. This should include new
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This paper presents a literature review which highlights the need for more interest to be shown in indigenous knowledge on disaster risk reduction (DRR), especially in the developing country context. The aim is to lead to better strategies which originate from the community level but would aim for overall sustainable development in Africa. This publication’s
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The MENA Regional risk context: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is affected by some of the most acute and complex humanitarian emergencies in the world, primarily the result of armed conflict and other protracted violence. The conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and Yemen have in recent years led to large-scale humanitarian
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UNISDR’s mandate: UNISDR was established in 1999 as a dedicated secretariat to facilitate the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN agency for ISDR). UNISDR’s mandate has been defined by a number of United Nations General Assembly Resolutions, the most notable of which is “to serve as the focal point in the United
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Published by UNHABITAT, this year’s World Cities Report presents a number of issues that this New Urban Agenda should address. United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development — known as Habitat III — in Quito, Ecuador, is a timely and important opportunity. It takes place as the world embarks on efforts to implement
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El número de personas afectadas por desastres, naturales o de otro tipo, ha aumentado constantemente en los últimos años. Para 2016, la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios (OCHA) predice que unas 125,3 millones de personas necesitarán asistencia humanitaria a nivel mundial. Mientras tanto, los recursos para ayudar a estos
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The number of those affected by disasters, natural or otherwise, has steadily increased over the years. In 2016, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) predicts that 125.3 million people will be in need of humanitarian assistance across the globe. Meanwhile, resources to help these men, women and children are not
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