23 Sep 2015
A new report from OCHA explores how new communications technologies are already changing the face of disaster response. “Humanitarianism in the Network Age” (HINA) examines the implications for how a world of increasingly informed, connected and ...
Tags: Report, Communication As Aid, Mobile Technology
20 Apr 2017
Online resources relevant to the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), as selected by the author (Eliot Christian). An international standard (ITU Recommendation X.1303), CAP defines a kind of “standard form”, with fill-in boxes and check boxes...
Tags: Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
08 Jun 2018
The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is extremely vulnerable to various types of water-induced disasters, particularly floods and landslides. In Nepal, more than 300 people are killed annually on average as a result of floods and landslides. Inequalities ...
Tags: Research, Early Warning Systems
June 30, 2019
