14 Oct 2013
This video focuses on a case study from Tajikistan where heavy mudflows ravaged a village but the mobilised community was prepared and able to reduce the risk of disaster in their area. One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Netw...
Tags: Case Study, Flood, Landslide
26 Jul 2014
The IFRC and Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran have initiated a Partnership on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction. Initial activies under the partnership include pilot studies in five cities: Nairobi, Kenya; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Jaka...
Tags: Case Study, Guidance material, Urban Preparedness
15 Jan 2018
Resilience: rising to the challenge in coastal regions Coastal areas offer unique opportunities and challenges. The dynamics of the physical processes (from the daily tides to the ever-changing morphology) form the backdrop to some of the world’s m...
Tags: Research, Business Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation, Early Warning Systems, Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Tsunami