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Waste management in Tugu Utara – Flood Resilience

14 Aug 2018
The Flood Resilience Programme (FRP) has applied a ‘one river – one management’ approach in Indonesia. It addressed impacts in the downstream community of Ciliwung (Jakarta) and also their causes further upstream in Bogor. One of the main issue...
Case Study, Flood
Guidance material

Urban Resilience for Red Cross Red Crescent

31 Jul 2018
You can find more detailed information about the Red Cross Red Crescent Urban Collaboration Platform here: The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is at the forefront of assisting communities facing the growing risk of disasters, protracted crises ...
Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Report

The Flood Resilience Alliance (2013-2017)

27 Jul 2018
Floods affect more people globally than any other type of natural hazard and they cause some of the largest economic, social and humanitarian losses. In 2013, Zurich Insurance, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFR...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Guidance material

Comprehensive School Safety

26 Jul 2018
The Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) provides a comprehensive approach to reducing risks from all hazards to the education sector by addressing three pillars of school safety: Safe Learning Facilities School Disaster Management Risk Reduc...
Guidance material, Immersive Technologies & Digital Games, Public Awareness and Public Education
Report

RCRC Urban Collaboration Workshop Nairobi 4-6 June 2018

25 Jul 2018
The overall purpose of the Nairobi workshop was to increase the familiarity and knowledge of the RCRC family in building resilience in informal settlement areas in high-risk urban settings. The workshop was designed to be interactive and highly parti...
Report, Urban Resilience
Report

The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security 2017

12 Jul 2018
In 2015 FAO issued its first report on The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security, exploring the negative effects of naturally-induced and climate-related disasters ona agriculture. Against the backdrop of increasingly pressing challeng...
Report, Business Preparedness
Case Study

Preparing and reducing risks of disasters to displaced communities

03 Jul 2018
The widespread violence during August 2017 in Rakhine state (Myanmar) led to a massive influx of people from Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar. As of March 2018, approximately one million people from Myanmar are estimated to be living in Bangladesh. The...
Case Study
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VI Plataforma Regional para la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres en las Américas (Declaración de Cartagena)

02 Jul 2018
La VI Edición de la Plataforma Regional para la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres en las Américas se celebró en Cartagena – Colombia, del 20 al 22 de junio, en cooperación de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de D...
Other type of resource
Report

Houston and Hurricane Harvey: a call to action

29 Jun 2018
This study – written by ISET-International, in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group, and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center looks in detail at the Houston floods that resulted from Hurricane Harvey. Based on interviews with impacted ho...
Report, Early Warning Systems, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Bridging Real-Time Data and Adaptive Management

28 Jun 2018
The case studies show that real-time data systems can, in the right circumstances and with the right enabling conditions, enable adaptive management. In settings where there are no political or institutional constraints to adaptation—and where the ...
Case Study

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