Le présent Manuel à l’usage des dirigeants des gouvernements locaux offre aux maires, aux gouverneurs, aux conseillers municipaux ainsi qu’à d’autres responsables concernés un cadre générique pour la réduction des risques, et met en avant les bonnes pratiques et les outils qui sont déjà judicieusement appliqués dans les différentes villes à cet effet. Il apporte …
حيث أن أكثر من نصف عد سكان العالم الآن يعشون في المناطق الحضرية، فإن جعل المدن أكثر أمنا يمثل تحديا طويل الأمد ولكن يمكن تحقيقه. والمدن هي محركات النمو الوطني، وتتسم بالحيوية في نظم حكمها وقدراتها. وعلى مرور التاريخ، أعاقت الأحداث الكارثية الحياة الحضرية. فالمناخ المتطرف والمتغير، والزلازل ، والطوارئ الناجمة عن المخاطر التي من …
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An overview of lessons and insights from the urban risk interventions of the Red Cross in Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes case studies for : Cali, Colombia — A case study of a project in the city of Cali, part of the Programme for Prevention and Support for Street Children and Youth (PANICA), supported …
Este Manual para líderes de los gobiernos locales proporciona a los alcaldes, gobernadores, concejales y otros, un marco genérico para la reducción de riesgos e identifica buenas prácticas y herramientas que ya están siendo utilizadas en varias ciudades con el mismo objetivo. Responde a las preguntas clave POR QUÉ esto es beneficioso, QUÉ clase de …
Compilation of case studies on Red Cross urban resilience and preparedness programs from Colombia, Jamaica and Nicaragua. Full Document http://reliefweb.int/report/world/no-time-doubt-tackling-urban-risk
Study on the role of Red Cross and Red Crescent in urban community resilience programming in the Asia-Pacific Region. Includes an interesting analysis of existing tools within the Red Cross network and their relevance to urban risk in Tables 6 and 7 on pp. 26-32 and an overview of suggested strategies, roles, and value propositions …
Risk in urban areas is a combination of two factors: first, location and exposure to hazards; and second, increased vulnerability due to poor local governance, environmental degradation, and the overstretching of resources. Disaster risks from extreme natural hazards are compounded by these everyday risks, resulting in a process of “risk accumulation” specific to urban areas, where risk is amplified by human activities. Urbanization, therefore, often …
The paper analyses the opportunities and implications for early earning systems on the background of a changing climate and urban growth. Emerging Challenges for Early Warning Systems in context of Climate Change and Urbanization http://www.dkkv.org/DE/ressource.asp?ID=290
This handbook on sustainable reconstruction in urban areas seeks to unpack the problems that many organisations are confronted with in urban reconstruction and provide step-by-step guidance on how to design and implement housing reconstruction programmes in cities. Sustainable Reconstruction in Urban Areas: A Handbook http://www.ifrc.org/PageFiles/95526/publications/Urban%20reconstruction%20Handbook%20IFRC-SKAT.pdf
A handbook to provide “mayors, governors, councillors and other local government leaders with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose.” How to make cities more resilient: a handbook for local government leaders http://www.unisdr.org/campaign/resilientcities/toolkit/handbook