28 Aug 2018
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center, in partnership with Google, has developed the WhatNow Message Portal to increase the speed and dissemination of disaster preparedness and risk reduction messages. Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies can ...
Tags: Other type of resource, Early Warning Systems
24 Jul 2015
The discussion of the elements of community resilience – the question as to what characteristics a community needs to a have – is almost as old as the concept of community resilience itself. This study aims to contribute to this discussio...
Tags: Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
07 Jan 2015
This report highlights the changing landscape of risk and crisis communications and in particular how social media can be a beneficial tool, but also create challenges for crisis managers. It explores different practices of risk and crisis communic...
Tags: Report, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Mobile Technology