Aynur Kadihasanoglu
aynur.kadihasanoglu@redcross.org
Geneva,
I work at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center and the American Red Cross, Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) as the Senior Urban Specialist. Focus of my work is strengthening local capacities through close collaboration with global partners and field teams and developing innovative approaches, tools and methodologies aimed at scaling up impact in urban settings. Some examples of work include starting and leading the Urban Collaboration Platform of IFRC (2015-21), leading the Coastal Cities and Coalition Program (2017-21) and managing the Extreme Heat Small grants program of the GDPC and CC (2022). My motivation is to use my educational background in city and regional planning, combined with earlier work in the development arena with the UN and the World Bank to help RCRC National Societies be confident and skilled in understanding and taking action against the compounding risks that the urban communities are facing.
Data set
![The openMatatus project: Collaborative research and mapping for Nairobi’s Informal Public Transit](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Before the openMatatus project, the matatu buses of Nairobi operated in a no-man’s land of organization, with each driver responsible only for his own small piece of the puzzle. The minibuses were not owned by a government agency and fares were unr...
Data set
![Open Mapping Project: Transparent Chennai](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Transparent Chennai is an open mapping project that aims to improve urban governance in Chennai, India. The organization is building on and improving poor quality government data through a team of mapping volunteers and by using the power of crowd-so...
Report
![Hidden Cities: Unmasking and Overcoming Inequities in Urban Settings](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
The joint UN-HABITAT/WHO report Hidden cities is the result of an intensive collaboration between the UN-HABITAT head office in Nairobi, Kenya,and the World Health Organization. Broad physical, social and economic determinants influence the health ...
Report
![Building Resilience: Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This report presents the World Bank’s experience in climate and disaster resilient development, and contends that such development is essential to eliminating extreme poverty and achieving shared prosperity by 2030. The report recognizes, howeve...
Report
![Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report Impact Forecasting — 2013](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Global natural disasters in 2013 combined to cause economic losses of USD192 billion, 4% below the ten year average of USD200 billion. The losses were generated by 296 separate events, compared to an average of 259. The disasters caused insured l...
Report
![Engagement of crisis-affected people in humanitarian action](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
The Concept Note for the ALNAP’s 29th Annual Meeting on 11-13 March, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ALNAP http://www.alnap.org/meeting2014
Guidance material
![Urban World: Innovative Cities](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This issue of Urban World (published by UNHABITAT) covers innovative cities. It examines why learning is the key to smarter urban development. It is also available in Español, русский, 中文 at the UNHABITAT link below. UNHABITAT (onli...
Guidance material
![Characteristics of a Safe and Resilient Community](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This research report draws on the experience of the TRP CBDRR programmes and current literature in order to identify the ‘characteristics of safe and resilientcommunities; to understand how these characteristics changed over time and howRCRC inter...
Awareness material
![My Ideal City: Bottom up urban planning in Bogota](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
My Ideal City allows Bogota residents to give input on how to fix certain issues in the downtown area, becoming a forum for debate that builds to a series of possible solutions—such as how to house the city’s 1 million commuting students (sol...