02 Jul 2015
This paper examines some problems that arise in thematic mapping for disaster management in case of earthquake due to the various types, structure and classification of data provided by various organizations. It represents some of the efforts perform...
Tags: Awareness material, Earthquake, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Risk Assessment
20 Apr 2015
Teaching disaster preparedness in schools can be an effective way of reaching teachers and students as well as the surrounding communities -making them safer and better prepared for disasters. Over the past three years, Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS)...
Tags: Case Study, Earthquake, Youth Disaster Preparedness
28 Apr 2015
This paper aims to provide a distillation of the learning from thirty years of humanitarian response to earthquakes. It concentrates on issues of particular relevance in earthquakes. The paper assumes that readers are already familiar with the more g...
Tags: Other type of resource, Earthquake, Post-Disaster Recovery