Following a number of landslides in August 2002, the International Federation, supported by the Regional Delegation in Central America, obtained funding from the British government to implement an early warning system in the event of future landslides. The overall objective was to ‘promote the development of community organizational and planning processes for the identification of […]
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This study looks at flooding in Boulder, Colorado that occurred in September 2013. Though the scale of flooding was unprecedented, only 10 lives were lost, most infrastructure was maintained, and the recovery was relatively strong. This case study explores this resilience — what made it possible, and where there is opportunity for learning — by
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Visit the NRRC at: http://www.un.org.np/coordinationmech… Follow the NRRC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NepalDRR Follow the NRRC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NepalDRR Flagship 3 of the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC) is coordinated by the World Bank and the Ministry of Irrigation. Flagship 3 will reduce flood risk through detailed assessments, flood forecasting and mitigation activities.
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In recent years, climate change impacts have created grave new threats to rural livelihoods. Community-based cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is an evidence-based tool which can effectively be used to ascertain the value and impact of integrating resilience-building interventions in food security programming. The following case study provides an overview of a community-based CBA that was conducted
The majority of the population in Mauritania provides for themselves through traditional agriculture and livestock farming and are heavily dependent on the rainy seasons. As a result of unpredictable seasonal rains and climatic conditions, climate hazards (in particular periodic droughts), encroaching desertification and competition for resources, the majority of the population remains chronically vulnerable to
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This study focused on the modification and application of Costing Model (CM) and it developed an Event Impact Rapid Assessment and Disaster Scaling (EIRADS) calculator. To check the workability, the calculator was applied to an incident that happened at Cherry Hills Subdivision, Antipolo, Philippines. The application yielded the Total Damage Cost of the Event (TDCE)
Case study of the VCA undertaken in Bendals, Antigua and Barbuda, 2010
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In the context of the Nepal Red Cross and British Red Cross Earthquake Preparedness for Safer Communities programme (EPS) in Kathmandu, this study focuses on identifying key learning points on community engagement and local and national action in a complex urban disaster management. Link to document http://www.preventionweb.net/files/36764_36764urbanpreparednesskathmandufull.pdf
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New British Red Cross and Nepal Red Cross report, Urban Preparedness: Lessons from the Kathmandu Valley, which has been developed in partnership with Groupe URD as part of International’s Urban Learning Project. Out of 21 cities worldwide that lie in similar seismic zones, Kathmandu, Nepal is at the highest risk in terms of impact on
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In February 2011, the Government of Nepal (GoN) launched the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC). The NRRC is a unique body that unites the GoN, the international financial institutions of the Asian Development Bank and World Bank, development partners and donors, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and the United Nations as members in
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