Global Disaster Preparedness Center
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Guidance material
![Fire safety: Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Although layout planning and design is only one of a number of measures which can be taken to contribute to fire safety in settlements, the purpose of this section is to bring about an awareness of fire safety in settlement planning and design, and t...
Report
![AURAN report on tracking fire risk in informal settlement](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Report from a workshop on scaling up urban and community resilience held by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in March 2014. The workshop brought together practitioners from American Red Cross chapters and national and internation progr...
Report
![AURAN report on tracking fire risk in informal settlement](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This is a report of the African Urban Risk Analysis Network (AURAN) project implemented by the University of Cape Town Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (DiMP) to strengthen efforts to mitigate informal settlement fires,...
Guidance material
![Fire Safety for Wheelchair Users at Work and at Home](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
By understanding their special evacuation needs, people with mobility impairments and first responders can improve their chances of evacuating their workplace or home safely. This brochure will emphasize the evacuation protocol for wheelchair user...
Training material
![Volcano Resources for Educators](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
List of resource for educators by the US Geologic Survey. Volcano Resources for Educators http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/edu/index.php
Guidance material
![Guidance note on recovery: pre-disaster recovery planning](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Pre-disaster recovery planning (PDRP) is the pro-active process of anticipating future recovery issues, developing a scenario-based recovery plan, and building the capacity to improve recovery outcomes – all before a disaster happens. Strong evi...
Guidance material
![Urban risk assessments : understanding disaster and climate risk in cities](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
The rapid and often unplanned expansion of cities is exposing more people and economic assets to the risk of disasters and the effects of climate change. For city governments, increased climate variability imposes additional challenges to effective u...
Guidance material
![Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Disasters](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Post-disaster reconstruction begins with a series of decisions that must be made almost immediately. Despite the urgency with which these decisions are made, they have long-term impacts, changing the lives of those affected by the disaster for years ...
Assessment or evaluation
![Making Infrastructure Disaster-Resilient](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Making infrastructure resilient to natural disasters is a daunting challenge, not least because of the vast area of coverage that includes transport, electricity, water supply and sanitation, and buildings and other structures. Resilience refers to a...