This guide, written for municipal and regional planners, reflects information,concerns and recommendations that emerged at the daylong forum on December 6, 2005, on “Lessons Learned” from recent large-scale disasters that affected states along t...

The IFRC’s humanitarian diplomacy policy was adopted the Governing Board in Paris in May 2009. Online version of IFRC policy http://www.ifrc.org/what-we-do/humanitarian-diplomacy/humanitarian-diplomacy-policy/

The guide is intended to be of particular benefit for the following groups: • Planners working in local governments cities in lowand middle-income countries that are developing a City Development Strategy, have some knowledge of climate change a...