Before the openMatatus project, the matatu buses of Nairobi operated in a no-man’s land of organization, with each driver responsible only for his own small piece of the puzzle. The minibuses were not owned by a government agency and fares were unregulated, contributing to uneven fare prices, lax safety regulations, and overly centralized and congested […]
Advances our understanding of the complexities of motivating the public to prepare by examining trend data on personal preparedness behaviors and by providing findings on several new areas of analysis: Exploring the relationship between preparedness behaviors and individuals’ beliefs and experiences around disasters; Identifying profiles of the general public to assist practitioners in conducting more
The study published by IFRC finds that while social capital has always played an implicit role in the community-based work of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement – the volunteerism at its core, as well as the community-based committees and action teams that it promotes, represent social capital. The community-based projects it implements also foster aspects of social capital such
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Bu makale, “Türkiye’de Son 10 Yılda Afet Yönetiminde Gelişmeler” başlığıyla H. Türkoğlu ve A. Yönder tarafından hazırlanmış olup, 1999 Marmara Depremi sonrasında Türkiye’de afet yönetimi alanında yaşanan dönüşümleri kapsamlı şekilde ele almaktadır. Çalışma, artan kentleşme, doğal tehlikeler ve iklim değişikliği bağlamında Türkiye’nin maruz kaldığı riskleri değerlendirerek, afet yönetimi ve risk azaltma politikalarının önemini vurgulamaktadır. Ayrıca
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This peer-reviewed article, published in the Journal of Earth Science and Climate Change (2013), presents a community-level participatory flood vulnerability assessment conducted in the West Rapti River Basin in the Mid-Western Terai region of Nepal — one of the country’s most flood-prone areas. The study is notable for centering the perceptions of vulnerable people themselves,