31 Mar 2015
The purpose of this Working Paper on Crisis Mapping is to briefly analyze the current use, and changing role, of information communication technology (ICT) in conflict early warning, crisis mapping and humanitarian response. We demonstrate that ICTs ...
Tags: Other type of resource, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Crisis Mapping, Early Warning Systems, Mobile Technology
09 Feb 2015
This report by Anna Lindley, Lecturer in Migration and Development at SOAS, University of London, focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and the environmental, political, and structural dimensions and processes underlying it. The multi-causal...
Tags: Report, Drought, Food Security, Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods
27 Oct 2013
Ce rapport examine la relation entre les catastrophes et la pauvreté. Il conclut qu’en 2030, jusqu’à 325 millions de personnes extrêmement pauvres pourraient vivre dans les 49 pays les plus exposés aux risques de catastrophes naturel...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Flood