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Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: An African perspective

24 Aug 2016
This paper presents a literature review which highlights the need for more interest to be shown in indigenous knowledge on disaster risk reduction (DRR), especially in the developing country context. The aim is to lead to better strategies which orig...
Research, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

Catalog of Assessment Methodologies

17 Aug 2016
This document provides an overview of different assessment methodologies. It is not a comprehensive list and only provides a snapshot of commonly used methodlogies.
Other type of resource, Risk Assessment
Awareness material, Guidance material

FICR Centros de Referencia: Catálogo de Productos

04 Aug 2016
Los centros de referencia, que forman parte del Movimiento de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, le han proporcionado una contribución valiosa a la comunidad humanitaria durante más de 20 años. El primer centro se fundó en 1991 y a partir de ...
Awareness material, Guidance material
Report

Overview of Forced Migration of South Sudanese into West Nile Region, Northern Uganda

28 Jul 2016
For over 2 decades, Uganda has been a host country for refugees from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo where the majorities are currently settling in the refugee camps of West Nile region and Western Uganda due to the escalating rebell...
Report
Report

Smart Villages and Resilience to Natural Disasters

24 Jul 2016
This report summarises the findings of a workshop on Smart Villages and Resilience to Natural Disasters. Co-hosted by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and the Smart Villages Initiative, the workshop brought together two ...
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Guidance material

The Missing Piece of NIMS: Teaching Incident Commanders How to Function in the Edge of Chaos

12 Jul 2016
An article by Cynthia Renaud, police chief in Folsom, California, on how to strengthen the National Incident Management System (NIMS) by integrating solutions for managing complexity. The article explores the dynamics of the initial edge-of-chaos th...
Guidance material
Guidance material, Report

Global Guidance on Implementing CAP-Enabled Alerting Systems

02 Jul 2016
This guidance document provides practical and policy-oriented advice for governments, emergency management agencies, and technical implementers involved in designing or strengthening a Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) – enabled alerting system. Drawi...
Guidance material, Report, Early Warning Systems, Mobile Technology
Guidance material

Mapping of urban resilience initiatives and relevance to the MENA region

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...
Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Data set

World Bank’s DRR work in the MENA region:

27 Jun 2016
World Bank’s mandate: The World Bank Group has two ambitious goals: end extreme poverty within a generation and boost shared prosperity. It offers support to developing countries through policy advice, research and analysis, and technical assistanc...
Data set, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Data set, Other type of resource

UNISDR’s DRR work in the MENA region:

27 Jun 2016
UNISDR’s mandate: UNISDR was established in 1999 as a dedicated secretariat to facilitate the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN agency for ISDR). UNISDR’s mandate has been defined by a number of United Nation...
Data set, Other type of resource, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience

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