02 Nov 2016
The New Urban Agenda is the 20-year global blueprint adopted by United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development or Habitat III, which closed in Quito, Ecuador, on October 20. The New Urban Agenda envisions an urban paradigm shi...
Tags: Other type of resource, Urban Preparedness
28 Jun 2016
As national Governments struggle to address the scale of disasters and the increased preparedness needs at all levels, there has been a push for more proactive measures to be taken by local government. Over the last decade, the main disaster risk red...
Tags: Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Urban Preparedness
09 Jan 2017
In early February 2016, the American Red Cross has initiated a process of taking stock of tools and approaches being used/developed for urban assessment and agree on a plan of action leading to development of an aligned Urban Assessment toolbox for N...
Tags: Report, Urban Preparedness