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Tanzania

Past disaster eventsEM-DAT listing of disaster events in TanzaniaDisaster statistics from UN-ISDR and CREDRisk country profile from Index for Risk Management Disaster response and management data from ReliefWebGovernment policiesHFA Progress Reports, government plans, and government statements and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper – http://www.unisdr.org/partners/countries/tzaRed Cross + civil societyIFRC appeals and info bulletins for Tanzania

Analysis of VCAs for eight urban communities in Africa

Between late 2013 and early 2014 the IFRC supported several African National Societies to conduct Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) in urban communities: Yaounde VI Subdivision, Yaounde, Cameroon Arada Sub-city (Woreda 4 and Woreda 5), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tomber Mort and Akekoi, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Lunga Lunga Informal Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya Commune de Guinaw Rails Nord, […]

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Urban risk assessments : understanding disaster and climate risk in cities

The rapid and often unplanned expansion of cities is exposing more people and economic assets to the risk of disasters and the effects of climate change. For city governments, increased climate variability imposes additional challenges to effective urban management and the delivery of key services, while for residents it increasingly affects their lives and livelihoods

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Health Risk Management in a changing climate

Report of a Red Cross Red Crescent project, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, that has “explored ways of integrating climate with health programming in Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania and Vietnam, approaching the issue from three angles: the priorities of communities; integrating climate factors with operations themselves; and reducing risk.” Health Risk Management in a changing climate

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