Catalog of Assessment Methodologies
This document provides an overview of different assessment methodologies. It is not a comprehensive list and only provides a snapshot of commonly used methodlogies.
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Risk Assessment
Call for Proposals — Consultancy for Developing a City-Wide Assessment for Community Resilience
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is requesting proposals for a new consultancy on City-wide Assessment for Community Resilience. Working in collaboration with the IFRC and American Red Cross, the GDPC has received an award from USAID/OFDA to design and test a set of tools and services to assist RCRC National Societies and other local
Mapping of urban resilience initiatives and relevance to the MENA region
As national Governments struggle to address the scale of disasters and the increased preparedness needs at all levels, there has been a push for more proactive measures to be taken by local government. Over the last decade, the main disaster risk reduction actors as well as other organizations involved with local governments and community groups
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Middle East and North Africa
The MENA Regional risk context: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is affected by some of the most acute and complex humanitarian emergencies in the world, primarily the result of armed conflict and other protracted violence. The conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and Yemen have in recent years led to large-scale humanitarian
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Australia Disaster Management Reference Handbook
The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (USA), produces country and regional reference books to provide a commonly available baseline of information regarding disaster management environments. This Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series is designed to provide decision makers, planners and responders a basic understanding of regional disaster management plans and structures, including
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Guía de resumen análisis participativo de costo beneficios
Este documento es la guia de resumen del analysis participativo de costo beneficios. La guia completa en ingles se puede acceder La guia completa en ingles se puede acceder https://preparecenter.org/resources/participatory-cost-benefit-analysis-guide
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Participatory Cost-Benefit-Analysis – Summary Guide English
This is the summary ‘pocket’ guide of the Participatory Cost-Benefit-Analysis Guide in English. See full report here. View Full Report https://preparecenter.org/resources/participatory-cost-benefit-analysis-guide
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Participatory Cost-Benefit-Analysis Guide
Most traditional economic analysis, such as cost benefit analysis, is too complex to be used for community-based activities and interventions, especially when climate change considerations have to be incorporated. This guide bridges this gap by providing tools and methods for answering the following questions: Which solutions identified in community based assessment approaches and in subsequent action planning are more economically feasible than others?
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Inclusive Framework and Toolkit for Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Myanmar
This resource aims to provide relevant and practical guidance to DRR practitioners (policy and program colleagues), on how to ensure inclusion – particularly of vulnerable groups – in Community-Based DRR (CBDRR) initiatives in Myanmar. It comprises an overall Framework for inclusive CBDRR and a number of tools/resources including: 1) a checklist for inclusion in the
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Do Disasters Create Opportunities for Change Towards Sustainability?
This study looks at how people and organizations – in the midst of post-disaster devastation and loss – are able to see and seize opportunities for change towards sustainability. The post-disaster recovery process from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastating Aceh, Indonesia is one of the cases with mixed accounts that framed their recovery around
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