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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
Research

How resilient are our communities?

06 Jun 2018
The author discusses a programme launched to enhance  community resilience in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami and  outlines a unique method for measuring resilience capabilities.
Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Research

Disaster Risk Management Systems in South Asia: Natural Hazards, Vulnerability, Disaster Risk and Legislative and Institutional Frameworks

06 Jun 2018
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the disaster risk reduction and management systems and its challenges in the countries of South Asia Region. All the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ...
Research
Case Study

Disaster Early Warning Systems in Nepal: Institutional and Operational Frameworks

06 Jun 2018
Early warning systems (EWS) are recognized in both the Hyogo Framework for Disaster Reduction (2005-2015) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) as an important element of disaster risk reduction and hence to the achievement...
Case Study, Early Warning Systems
Research

Measuring disaster-resilient communities: A case study of coastal communities in Indonesia

06 Jun 2018
Vulnerability reduction and resilience building of communities are central concepts in recent policy debates. Although there are fundamental linkages, and complementarities exist between the two concepts, recent policy and programming has focused mor...
Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

NAHRS Summit Meeting Report

25 May 2018
The North American Humanitarian Response Summit (NAHRS) project represents a unique effort to improve the effectiveness of cross-border response to a potential catastrophic disaster in North America. NAHRS is implemented by the American Red Cross in ...
Report
Guidance material

Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance

09 May 2018
These Principles and Rules recognize the importance of strengthening organizational, coordination and delivery capacities of National Societies, to respond to the increasing number and complexity of disasters and the growing number of vulnerable ...
Guidance material

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