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Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Megacities: A Pilot Application in Metro Manila and Kathmandu. Executive Summaries

The report presents the executive summaries of the final reports of projects carried out under the ‘Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Megacities: A Pilot Application in Manila and Kathmandu’ initiative. The projects aimed at enhancing and mainstreaming DRR approaches into the governance functions in both cities. Link to document http://www.dkkv.org/DE/ressource.asp?ID=289

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Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Preparing for a Changing Climate

GDPC

This document has been produced as a response to calls from industry – infrastructure owners, investors and insurers – for a Government vision and policy on adapting infrastructure to climate change. It is designed to catalyse action to adapt infrastructure in the energy, ICT, transport and water sectors (infrastructure networks). It makes the case for action, identiﬁes who

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Critical Infrastructure Resilience Strategy

GDPC

This paper outlines the infrastructure resilience strategy of the Australian government. It examines a wide range of key issues including networks, supply chains, shared risk, cross-secotral approaches, and knock-on effects. Commonwealth of Australia 2010 Online version of report http://www.tisn.gov.au/Documents/Australian+Government+s+Critical+Infrastructure+Resilience+Strategy.pdf

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Making Infrastructure Disaster-Resilient

GDPC

Making infrastructure resilient to natural disasters is a daunting challenge, not least because of the vast area of coverage that includes transport, electricity, water supply and sanitation, and buildings and other structures. Resilience refers to a system’s ability to anticipate, absorb, and recover from a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner (IPCC 2012).

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Urban Drought Guidebook: 2008 Updated Edition

GDPC

Managing water shortages involves using programs to temporarily reduce demand and find alternate water to temporarily increase supply. The guidebook discusses water shortage management programs that belong in water shortage contingency plans. It was first written in 1988, and then updated in 1991 and 2008 to help water suppliers cope with potentially severe drought and other water shortages. The

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The Dwelling Near the Ditch Game

Aynur Kadihasanoglu

The Dwelling Near the Ditch Game aims to support learning and dialogue about the opportunities and trade-offs facing communities which lack waste collection services, and the additional stress that climate change (in the form of more frequent flooding, aggravated by blocked drains and ditches) can pose for them As the game is played, players experience

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Learning from the city – British Red Cross Urban Learning Project Scoping Study

Aynur Kadihasanoglu

The study looks at the evolving nature of risk and vulnerability in urban areas relating to natural hazards, urban violence and conflict, markets and livelihoods, health and water, sanitation and hygiene, and shelter, land and the built environment and highlights ways forward.

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Regional Experience Exchange Workshop on Urban Risk Management in the Americas

Aynur Kadihasanoglu

Report of the Workshop organized in Port‐au‐Prince ‐ Haiti between 22nd – 26th of August 201. It covers main elements of the urban context with the additional complementary perspective of Disaster Risk Management and Public Policies, and priorities for early Recovery.

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Building Urban Resilience workshop: Bangkok, Thailand

GDPC

With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brought together more than 40 participants from eight Red Cross/Red Crescent (RC/RC) national societies as well as government counterpart agencies and partner organizations to share learning and insights on building disaster

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Building Urban Resilience workshop: Arusha, Tanzania

GDPC

With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brought together representatives from 15 Red Cross/Red Crescent (RC/RC) national societies to share learning and insights on building disaster preparedness and resilience in urban settings in Africa. The workshop looked at

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Urban Preparedness

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Megacities: A Pilot Application in Metro Manila and Kathmandu. Executive Summaries

Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Preparing for a Changing Climate

Critical Infrastructure Resilience Strategy

Making Infrastructure Disaster-Resilient

Urban Drought Guidebook: 2008 Updated Edition

The Dwelling Near the Ditch Game

Learning from the city – British Red Cross Urban Learning Project Scoping Study

Regional Experience Exchange Workshop on Urban Risk Management in the Americas

Building Urban Resilience workshop: Bangkok, Thailand

Building Urban Resilience workshop: Arusha, Tanzania

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