29 Jun 2018
This study – written by ISET-International, in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group, and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center looks in detail at the Houston floods that resulted from Hurricane Harvey. Based on interviews with impacted ho...
Tags: Report, Early Warning Systems, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Urban Risk Reduction
22 Dec 2016
The Red Cross collaborated with private sector and civil society partners in Kenya and South Africa to introduce simple, yet sophisticated sensors to provide early detection and warning of home fires across two informal settlements. In eight months,...
Tags: Case Study, Early Warning Systems
25 Oct 2016
RMMS/Danish Refugee Council (2016): Getting to Europe the ‘WhatsApp’ way.The use of ICT in contemporary mixed migration flows to Europe. The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and social media became a key characteristic ...
Tags: Report