Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments in Grenada
Case studies of VCAs undertaken in Grenada in 2010. The locations include: Clozier; Mount Rich; Petite Martinique; River Sallee.
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Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments in Dominica
Case studies of VCAs undertaken in Dominica in 2010. The locations include: Cochrane; Laudat
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Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in Costa Rica
Case study and Gudiance note to the VCA undertaken in Linda Vista, Costa Rice, in 2005-2006.
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Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in Trinidad and Tobago
Case study and Guidance note to the VCA undertaken in Speyside, Trinidiad and Tobago, in 2007.
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Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in Bogotà, Colombia
Case study of the VCa undertaken in Bogotà, Cololmbia, in 2009.
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Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in Suriname
Case study on a VCA undertaken in Suriname in 2008.
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Meeting the challenge of climate impacts: IFRC case studies in climate-related risk reduction
The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report presents the current state of knowledge on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Compared to the Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, “AR5” has a much stronger focus on risks. It presents a cold, realistic assessment of how risks are already changing and are bound to
Supporting Durable Solutions to Urban, Post-disaster Displacement:Haiti
This study, published by the Brookings and IOM examines the question of durable solutions to displacement in Port-au-Prince, recognizing that the challenges faced in Haiti may be a source of insight for responses to other urban, post-disaster displacement crises—which are expected to become more common in the future. The study draws on the results of
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My Ideal City: Bottom up urban planning in Bogota
My Ideal City allows Bogota residents to give input on how to fix certain issues in the downtown area, becoming a forum for debate that builds to a series of possible solutions—such as how to house the city’s 1 million commuting students (solution: micro-housing!) or how to prevent the massive flooding that happens every year
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Preparedness in America: Research Insights to Increase Individual, Organizational, and Community Action
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