30 Sep 2013
“Oxfam’s portfolio of urban disaster risk reduction projects in the Caribbean region are at the forefront of current practice. They offer an opportunity to review outputs, practice and lessons learned for Oxfam and the wider DRR community. Th...
Tags: Report, Communication As Aid, Urban Preparedness
23 Dec 2014
Organized communities living and working in hazard prone settlements bring perspectives and priorities to policy discussions that are distinct from the rest of civil society. This report documents a number of case studies where grassroots women’s o...
Tags: Case Study, Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
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 Preparedness