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RCRC Urban Collaboration Platform

13 Dec 2017
Background: Increasing numbers of the globe’s poor and vulnerable peoples are to be found in urban environments facing a complex web of risk and vulnerabilities. Along with the government, international development and humanitarian agencies and civ...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Settlement Approaches in Urban Areas

07 Dec 2017
This Compendium of case studies published by the Global Shelter Cluster aims to contribute to building a body of knowledge to promote and improve the application of settlement based approaches in humanitarian response. This initial collection of case...
Case Study, Urban Resilience
Research

Blockchain and Economic Development: Hype vs. Reality

29 Nov 2017
Increasing attention is being paid to the potential of blockchain technology to address long-standing challenges related to economic development. Blockchain proponents argue that it will expand opportunities for exchange and collaboration by reducing...
Research, Disaster Risk Financing, Mobile Technology
Event recording, Other type of resource, Presentation, Report

2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop

26 Nov 2017
This page brings together the Report of the 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop and the full set of technical presentations delivered during the workshop, held on 31 October–1 November 2018 in Hong Kong, China. The workshop was hosted by the Hong Kong...
Event recording, Other type of resource, Presentation, Report, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Community Based DRR Household Survey Guide 2013

05 Nov 2017
This guide has been developed to help national Red Cross Societies implement baseline and final assessments for community based disaster risk reductions projects. It includes instructions for how to prepare and conduct hosehold surveys as well as sta...
Guidance material, Risk Assessment
Guidance material

Monitoring Guide for CBDRR HH survey guide 2013

05 Nov 2017
This guide has been developed to help national Red Cross Scoeities implement, monitor and evaluate community based disaster riks reduction projects. It includes tools and instructions for monitoring projects in teh community and can be used in conjun...
Guidance material, Risk Assessment
Awareness material

2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Proceedings

23 Oct 2017
The Fifth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was the first occasion for the world to come together and discuss early progress on implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted by UN Member States i...
Awareness material, Disaster Law, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Report

The Humanitarian as Negotiator

20 Oct 2017
This paper examines the dynamics at play in ongoing efforts to cultivate negotiation capacity among professionals working in the humanitarian sector. Based on extensive interviews conducted with humanitarian practitioners, this paper addresses three ...
Report, Community Engagement and Accountability
Report

Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty

20 Oct 2017
This report is published by the World Bank. Ending poverty and addressing climate change are the two defining issues of our time. Both are essential to achieving sustainable global development. But they cannot be considered in isolation. This report ...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation
Awareness material, Report

Learning From Disaster Simulation Drills in Japan

18 Oct 2017
This report was developed to introduce Japanese disaster simulation drills as a model to help other countries plan and implement disaster simulation drill exercises. The main objectives of this guideline are to: 1. Provide an overview of the institut...
Awareness material, Report

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