16 Nov 2020
0 Reports Reviewed 0 Organizations Covered Over the course of 2019-2020, the American Red Cross commissioned a meta‑evaluation to explore what makes a community disaster-ready. This meta-evaluation examines 24 program or project evaluations, half o...
Tags: Assessment or evaluation, Behavior Change, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, Community Risk Assessment, Early Warning Systems, Resilience, Risk Assessment, Six Characteristics of a Safe and Resilient Community, Urban Preparedness
26 Jan 2015
Pacific island countries continue to be among the most vulnerable in the world: they combine high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with low capacity to manage the resulting risks. Their vulnerability is exacerbated by poorly planned ...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation
02 Nov 2013
This book addresses a major gap in adaptation efforts to date by pointing to the vital role that an understanding of population dynamics and an extensive use of demographic data have in developing pre-emptive and effective adaptation policies and pra...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Risk Reduction