This ‘resilience scan’ summarizes writing and debates in the field of resilience during the last quarter of 2015, focusing primarily on the context of developing countries. It comprises insights on the manner in which resilience appeared within key international policy processes in 2015, key blogs on resilience, grey literature and academic journal articles. The scan […]
This report reviews the decision-making process for new infrastructure and emphasizes the need to embed resilience into this process and practical guidance to do so. It is based on findings
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This report summarizes key findings from the regional diagnostic study (RDS) of the ASSAR East Africa team, and identifies major gaps in the existing literature on areas of vulnerability and adaptation in semi-arid regions of East Africa. The discussion provides the foundation for detailed case study work planned for the major phase of research, the
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The Red Cross has been involved in driving a new Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience report, focusing on determining the economic costs of the social impacts of disaster. The report found that the social costs are higher than the tangible infrastructure and housing rebuilding costs.
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Between 1994 and 2013, EM-DAT recorded 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives or almost 68,000 lives on average each year. In addition, 218 million people were affected by natural disasters on average per annum during this 20-year period. In CRED’s view, EM-DAT data presented in this report point to several major conclusions: •
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The strategic directions on strengthening National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction are intended for use by all stakeholders as a guiding document or manual, which proposes a list of rational options of organizational and practical actions that aim at strengthening the capacity, increasing efficiency and effectiveness of national platforms for disaster risk reduction. The given
This background paper prepared for the World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends assess the role of social media in social and economic development. Robert Ackland; Kyosuke Tanaka (2015): Development Impact of Social Media.
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In 2012 ACAPS launched the Global Emergency Overview (GEO). Since then, we have provided a weekly global overview of humanitarian crises. The Crisis Overview 2015: Humanitarian Trends and Risks for 2016 is the first attempt to use the three years of data we have gathered for the GEO to identify long-term trends in humanitarian needs and build scenarios
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The review highlights aspects of urban environments and vulnerability that can present barriers to effective implementation of CTP that must be taken into account during CTP design. However, the diversity of population groups, needs and vulnerabilities in urban areas make cash assistance an effective response modality for urban emergencies and certain characteristics of urban areas
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This Strategic research into national and local capacity building for disaster risk management includes a sythesis report, policy recommendations, literature review and case studies. The research is conducted Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and the University of East Anglia (UEA) for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in September 2013. As part of the research, an M&E framework has
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