This study looks at flooding in Boulder, Colorado that occurred in September 2013. Though the scale of flooding was unprecedented, only 10 lives were lost, most infrastructure was maintained, and the recovery was relatively strong. This case study explores this resilience — what made it possible, and where there is opportunity for learning — by […]
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Visit the NRRC at: http://www.un.org.np/coordinationmech… Follow the NRRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NepalDRR Follow the NRRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalDRR Flagship 3 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC) is coordinated by the World Bank and the Ministry of Irrigation. Flagship 3 will reduce flood risk through detailed assessments, flood forecasting and mitigation activities.
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In recent years, climate change impacts have created grave new threats to rural livelihoods. Community-based cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is an evidence-based tool which can effectively be used to ascertain the value and impact of integrating resilience-building interventions in food security programming. The following case study provides an overview of a community-based CBA that was conducted
Case study of the VCA undertaken in Bendals, Antigua and Barbuda, 2010
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In February 2011, the Government of Nepal (GoN) launched the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC). The NRRC is a unique body that unites the GoN, the international financial institutions of the Asian Development Bank and World Bank, development partners and donors, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and the United Nations as members in
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Les Notes d’orientation pour la construction d’écoles plus sûres présentent un cadre de principes directeurs et de mesures générales pour élaborer un plan spécifique permettant de remédier à cette grave brèche qui empêche la réalisation de l’Éducation pour tous (EPT) et les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD) en créant et en modernisant des bâtiments
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Panduan tentang Konstruksi Sekolah Yang Lebih Aman (the Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction) menyajikan kerangka prinsip-prinsip panduan dan langkah umum untuk mengembangkan suatu rencana yang context-specifi c untuk mengisi celah kritis dalam mencapai Pendidikan Untuk Semua (the Education for All = EFA) dan Tujuan Pembangunan Milenium (Millennium Development Goals = MDGs melalui konstruksi yang
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Essay by 7th grader at Sta. Rosa Science & Technology High School for Rotary Club essay contest. August 2013. Ligtas na Bayan, Maunlad na Pamayanan http://rcstarosacentro.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/the-winning-essay-ligtas-na-bayan-maunlad-na-pamayanan/
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Hindi version of the Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction developed by INEE and GFDRR. Source: InterAgency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) , 2010. अधिक सुरक्षित विद्यालय निर्माण संबंधी मार्गदर्शी सूचना http://www.recoveryplatform.org/assets/publication/infra/Guidance_Notes_Safe_School_Construction_Hindi.pdf
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تقدم الملاحظات الإرشادية لبناء مدارس أكثر أمانا ٬ إطار عمل من المبادئ الإرشادية والتطورات العامة لوضع خطة محددة السياق للتطرق لهذه الثغرة الهامة جداً وهي تأمين التعليم للجميع EFA وحتقيق أهداف التنمية الألفية MDGs عبر البناء القادر على مجابهة الكوارث وتحصين المباني المدرسية. يجب أن تستخدم الملاحظات الإرشادية لبناء مدارس أكثر أمانا من قبل واضعي
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