07 May 2014
Vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) has become widely used by many National Societies over the past ten years. Between 2003 and 2005, the VCA process was evaluated and revised by the International Federation’s secretariat. In 2005, Nation...
Tags: Guidance material
14 Mar 2016
This study aims to assess hotel preparedness to several coastal hazards that pose problems for tourism. It proposes a set of indicators of preparedness that includes: (i) hazard knowledge, (ii) management, direction and coordination, (iii) formal and...
Tags: Case Study, Business Continuity and Disaster Preparedness
08 Apr 2015
American Red Cross International Services Department (ISD) has piloted and refined applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to its core programming and response activities. In this time, we’ve found that the best tools and the most effc...
Tags: Guidance material, Crisis Mapping, Crowdsourcing, Urban Risk Reduction