21 Oct 2020
Corrugated Galvanized Iron or Steel (CGI or CGS) sheets are at present the best known, most widely available low-cost roof covering material. There is an enormous variety of qualities of CGI sheets on the market, greatly varying in the different regi...
Tags: Guidance material, Manual, Research, Infrastructure and Services, Shelter, Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods
20 Jun 2020
Heatwaves are deadly disasters that are increasingly common and can seriously affect human health and well-being. When a heatwave strikes, the most vulnerable are the most impacted. In the past decade severe heatwaves have been responsible for numero...
Tags: Guidance material, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Heat Wave
25 Mar 2015
This report sets out the findings from ground-breaking research into the likely variations in human and organizational response to extreme crisis events and the steps organizations should take both before and during such events to create a more crisi...
Tags: Guidance material, Research, Business Preparedness, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management