23 Sep 2015
Crowdsourcing integrated with crisis maps has been a powerful tool in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Future crowdsourcing applications must provide capabilities to better manage unstructured messages and enhance streaming data. Enhancem...
Tags: Awareness material, Report, Communication As Aid, Community Engagement and Accountability, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Social Media in Disasters
01 Jun 2021
Heatwaves, or silent disasters, are increasingly common and can seriously affect human health, well-being and livelihood. In the past decade severe heatwaves have claimed numerous lives in Asia Pacific. Heatwave exposure will continue to increase, ev...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Early Warning Systems, Heat Wave, Livelihoods and Food Security, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Public Awareness and Public Education, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Preparedness
19 Jan 2023
This ‘Warnings Briefing Note’ focuses on ‘Early Warning Systems for Landslides: The necessity of a systematic and bottom-up approach.’
Tags: Awareness material, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Landslide