Beyond the Blanket: The role of not for profits and non traditional stakeholders in emergency management

Most of the world’s cities have spent considerable time and effort enhancing their resilience against a whole host of threats and risks, particularly relating to climate change, extreme weather events and rising sea levels. But until now, the poten...

A global website to share knowledge on urban humanitarian crises. Urban Humanitarian Response Portal http://www.urban-response.org

The Community Based Disaster Preparedness Programme used a pioneering approach of community-based disaster risk reduction, by mobilizing communities to become involved, equipping cyclone shelters and building people’s capacity to respond to a cycl...