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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...
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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
Training material

Presentaciones marco de Integridad

19 Jun 2018
Alcanzamos dos presentaciones sobre el marco de integridad que pueden servir de prientación y recurso para las sesiones en este tema.
Training material
Case Study

Reclamation of flood-damaged areas through community based agro-forestry: A case study from Nepal

08 Jun 2018
More than 400,000 ha of land have been damaged by river floods in Nepal. Agro-forestry activities were implemented in those areas with the twin objectives of countering land degradation problems and meeting the demands of local people for fuelwood, f...
Case Study
Research

Effects of forest fire protection on plant diversity in a tropical deciduous dipterocarp-oak forest, Thailand

08 Jun 2018
A two-hectare plot of a deciduous dipterocarp-oak forest of Doi Suthep-Pui National park of northern Thailand protected against fire for 28 years was compared with a similar, but frequently burnt forest nearby with respect to changes in plant diver...
Research, Risk Assessment
Research

Flood Early Warning Systems in Nepal: A Gendered Perspective

08 Jun 2018
The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is extremely vulnerable to various types of water-induced disasters, particularly floods and landslides. In Nepal, more than 300 people are killed annually on average as a result of floods and landslides. Inequalities ...
Research, Early Warning Systems
Training material

COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

08 Jun 2018
The book is one of the pioneer reosurces in the field of community based disaster risk management for local authorities in the countries of Southeast Asia. It provides constructs and definitions of key terms used in community based disaster risk mana...
Training material
Research

Does integration matter? A holistic model for building community resilience in Pakistan.

07 Jun 2018
This paper analyses an integrated community-based risk reduction model adopted by the Pakistan Red Crescent. The paper analyses the model’s constructs and definitions, and provides a conceptual framework and a set of practical recommendations f...
Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment
Research

Measuring Resilience Capability of Drought-prone Desert Communities: A Case Study of Tharparkar, Pakistan

07 Jun 2018
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to propose a mathematical index to measure the resilient capability of drought-prone desert communities in Tharparkar, Pakistan. The paper analyses the constructs and definitions of the term resilience, describes...
Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management

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