Article exploring the role of community-driven recovery and redevelopment, using the example of post-earthquake recovery in Haiti. This Big City, September 2013. Resilient Cities: Reestablishing Communities Post-Disaster http://ht.ly/oUAoO

Revised Plan of Action Summary that clearly articulates IFRC secretariat actions moving forward as of July 2011. It continues to use a ‘pillar’ approach but the structure has been simplified to minimize overlap and duplication found in the thre...

La Gestión del riesgo y la experiencia urbana de las Sociedades Nacionales tiene sus inicios en el 2004 año en el cual las SN inician la implementacion de diagnosticos comunitarios en comunidades semi- urbanas- urbanas. El Desarrollo de Estudios ...

Series of reports on infrastructure resilience following Hurricane Sandy. Northeastern University, George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, August, 2013. Online version of report http://www.northeastern.edu/kostas/wp-content/uploads...

Special feature of the Humanitarian Exchange focusing on the response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Although much of the early media coverage emphasised the tardiness and inefficiency of the humanitarian response, subsequent reviews have ...

An on-line video library developed by the Disaster Resistant Communities Group to provide a single, easy to search source in which individuals, agencies and organizations can access Just In Time Disaster Training videos. The library hosts more than 5...

Overview of American Red Cross program to tap into the corporate sector’s expertise by training employees from partnering corporations and mobilizing them as a community-based volunteer force when disaster strikes. Ready When the Time Comes htt...

Site designed for children 5 to 12 years old to learn about child safety in a playful and interactive way. The site also provides parents and educators with educational information and instruments that may help the transmission of contents in these a...