07 Mar 2015
For the implementation of the Program for Disaster Risk Management in the Face of Climate Change in Nicaragua, Partners for Resilience (PfR) worked with the academic sector in the department of Madriz and in the Northern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Re...
Tags: Case Study, Communicable Disease, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Heat Wave, Landslide, PAPE, Wildfire
16 Nov 2020
0 Reports Reviewed 0 Organizations Covered Over the course of 2019-2020, the American Red Cross commissioned a meta‑evaluation to explore what makes a community disaster-ready. This meta-evaluation examines 24 program or project evaluations, half o...
Tags: Assessment or evaluation, Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, Community Risk Assessment, Early Warning Systems, Resilience, Risk Assessment, Six Characteristics of a Safe and Resilient Community, Urban Preparedness
19 Aug 2013
The Lower Lempa River Basin in El Salvador is unique in social terms and in the type of flood hazard it faces. During the civil war, this zone was depopulated. After the war, former combatants from both sides were offered land there for resettlement....
Tags: Case Study, Community Risk Assessment, Flood, Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods