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Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations

This report summarizes how social media have been used by emergency management officials and agencies. It also examines the potential benefits, as well as the implications, of using social media in the context of emergencies and disasters.    Bruce R. Lindsay  Analyst in American National Goverment  September 6, 2011    Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future […]

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Workshop Report: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps in Social Media Use During Disasters

This report examines four types of challenges (operantional; social science; visual and data analytics; & technical challenges) in social media use during disasters. Workshop Report: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps in Social Media Use During Disasters http://www.hsuniversityprograms.org/default/assets/File/DHS-NGA%20Social%20Media%20Workshop-Jul2013-Final%20Report.pdf

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Harnessing Urbanization to End Poverty and Boost Prosperity in Africa- World Bank

Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More than half of Africa’s population will live in its cities by 2040.  Well-managed urbanization has the potential to propel growth, enable job creation and end poverty. There is global evidence that there are strong correlations between urbanization, economic growth and poverty reduction

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Report on Early Warning for Technological Hazards

Technological hazards are an increasing source of risk to people and their environment. This is an effect of the globalization of production, an increase of industrialization and a certain level of risk of accidents connected with production, processes, transportation and waste management. These risks are associated with the release of substances in accident condition or with the production

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World Development Report 2015- Mind, Society and Behavior

The title of this Report, Mind, Society, and Behavior,captures the idea that paying attention to how humans think (the processes of mind) and how history and context shape thinking (the influence of society) can improve the design and implementation of development policies and interventions that target humanchoice and action (behavior). To put it differently, development policy is due for its

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UNAIDS: The Cities Report

The Cities Report Urban areas are also home to millions of people who have fallen through the cracks of social, political and economic life. People who lack access to education, health services and prevention measures face significantly higher health risks. Under these social conditions, many diseases including HIV spread more quickly. Additionally, poor sanitation and

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Strategic Research into National and Local Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management

Strategic Research into National and Local Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management Between 2013 and 2015, the IFRC contracted Oxford Policy Management and the University of East Anglia to conduct “Strategic Research into National and Local Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management”. The research was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Canadian

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Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment. A participatory action research study of the Vulnerabilities and Capacities of the Palestinian Society in Disaster Preparedness.

This report presents the second Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) study conducted by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, subsequent to the initial VCA study which was written in 2000. 

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