14 Aug 2018
Half of Indonesia’s population of approximately 141 million people lives on the island of Java, home to several river systems as the Citarum river and the Bengawan Solo. Due to changing climate and environmental conditions, these river systems are ...
Tags: Case Study, Early Warning Systems, Flood
13 Mar 2014
In the context of the Nepal Red Cross and British Red Cross Earthquake Preparedness for Safer Communities programme (EPS) in Kathmandu, this study focuses on identifying key learning points on community engagement and local and national action i...
Tags: Report, Earthquake, Urban Risk Reduction
16 Jan 2017
There is a sense that the world food system has reached an impasse. Hunger afflicts at least an eighth of the world population (FAO, 2012), mostly in the global South, but also in the North where austerity policies – which respond to crisis by prio...
Tags: Report, Food Security, Urban Risk Reduction