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Systèmes communautaires d’alerte précoce: principes directeurs

Systèmes communautaires d’alerte précoce : principes directeurs est un des guides rédigés par la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), et qui vient compléter le guide sur l’évaluation de la vulnérabilité et des capacités (EVC) et le guide sur la sensibilisation et l’éducation du public. Ce guide vient également en […]

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Community early warning systems: guiding principles

The Community early warning systems: guiding principles is one of a set of guides prepared by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), along with the guides for vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) and public awareness and public education. It also joins the Disaster response and contingency planning guide to provide

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نظم المجتمع المحلي للإنذار المبكر: المبادئ التوجيهية

لقد تراجعت نسبة الخسائر البشرية والمادية في الكوارث خلال الثلاثين سنة الماضية بفضل نظم الإنذار المبكر المحسنة حيث إن العديد منها ذات «تكنولوجيا عالية».  كما أن التقدم العلمي قد أحدث ثورة في ما يختص بتوقع الخطر وتكنولوجيات التواصل المستخدمة للتحذير. وعلى الرغم من ذلك، لا ينفك الاتحاد الدولي لجمعيات الصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر بالتوصل إلى

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Nepal’s Emergency Preparedness and Response System: Good practices, lessons learnt, and gaps

“Though landslides, floods and epidemics occur annually right across Nepal, this study focuses on just nine of the nation’s 75 districts: six in the Far- and Mid-West and three in the Eastern development regions. It further narrowed its focus to the 2008 flood of the Koshi River, the 2009 flash floods in Kailali and Kanchanpur

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New technologies in emergencies and conflicts

A look at the use of communications technology during disasters in recent years shows that while it has played a positive role, its full potential has not yet been realized. Moreover, governments, humanitarian agencies, and local communities face challenges and risks associated with modern technological innovation. These include: – Information flows must be two-way to be effective—from

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TEDxKC – Patrick Meier – Changing The World, One Map At A Time

Maps have always been a source of fascination and intrigue. Today’s maps, however, can also help to save lives during disasters, document human rights abuses and monitor elections in countries under repressive rule. This presentation will explain how today’s live maps can combine crowds and clouds to drive social change. Patrick Meier is Director of

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Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti

This report was commissioned by the United States Institute of Peace’s Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding and Haiti Working Group. It examines the role of Ushahidi, a crisis-mapping platform, in the disaster relief effort following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Ushahidi provided the international community with access to actionable intelligence collected directly

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Applying technology to crisis mapping and early warning in humanitarian settings

The purpose of this Working Paper on Crisis Mapping is to briefly analyze the current use, and changing role, of information communication technology (ICT) in conflict early warning, crisis mapping and humanitarian response. We demonstrate that ICTs have the potential to play an increasingly significant role in three critical ways by: facilitating the communication of

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Satellite Earth Observations in Support of Disaster Risk Reduction – Special 2015 WCDRR Edition

This report has been compiled in support of the 2015 WCDRR to introduce and promote the use of satellite EO in support of DRR. The report highlights some of the unique capabilities of satellite EO, though often combined with other data sources, and the related efforts of the specialist space agencies entrusted by governments to develop and operate the satellites.Section 2 presents

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DiDRR guidelines: early warning and accessible broadcasting

This guideline is designed to address the lack of appropriate information and practices on inclusive policies and practices on disaster preparedness, accessible early warnings, accessible transportation, and life safety and evacuation of persons with disabilities. It focuses on inclusive disaster risk reduction strategies, from working with the community of persons with disabilities, to the design

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