Practitioner Community

Search resources

Search Resources
Filter
Clear all

Filter Results

x
Topics
Clear
Disaster Types
Clear
Organization
Clear
Region
Clear
Country
Clear
Resource Type
Clear
Language
Clear
Show Result(s)

Sort By

Other type of resource

Resilient Business for Resilient Nations and Communities

23 Sep 2016
Building resilience to disasters is increasingly being recognized as a priority area in order to protect hard-earned development gains in the Asia-Pacific region. The private sector alone is estimated to hold 70 to 85 per cent of the investment in...
Other type of resource
Report

Practitioners Perspective on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building in Asia

15 Sep 2016
This report on “Risk Reduction and Resilience in Asia: Unpacking the post 2015 Agenda” reflects the views, commitments and interests shown by individual practitioners’ who attended the 8th Practitioner Workshop in Bangkok during 23-25 Novemb...
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Report

Comparative Review of The Pillowcase Project

14 Sep 2016
This report presents key insights and findings from a Comparative Review of The Pillowcase Project. The study was led by Sustainability Frontiers and funded by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC). Beginning in January 2016, the researc...
Report, Youth Disaster Preparedness
Guidance material

One Billion Coalition for Resilience: DC Showcase and Workshop

09 Sep 2016
On August 26, 2016, the IFRC and American Red Cross hosted a showcase and workshop in support of the 1 Billion Coalition for Resilience (1BC) and invited other actors to learn about and consider joining this initiative to bring a greater focus on c...
Guidance material
Case Study

Ibasho Case Study on Social Capital

02 Sep 2016
The case study describes the “Ibasho” approach to strengthen the social capital of communities, particularly those recovering from disasters and epidemics, by giving community members of all ages and abilities a place where they can develop deepe...
Case Study
Report

Gender Approaches in Climate Compatible Development: Lessons from Kenya

29 Aug 2016
This report examines gender and climate change in relation to efforts to support climate compatible development, a policy goal that aims to integrate and draw synergies between adaptation, mitigation and development. The report’s focus is a case st...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Report

Finding Economic Opportunity in the City

25 Aug 2016
This report looks at International Rescue Committe’s (IRC) experiences in cash assistance and livelihoods programming in Lebanon and Jordan in the context of the Syrian regional response. It explores opportunities and challenges inherent to cas...
Report, Livelihoods and Food Security
Report

Humanitarian Action in Urban Context

25 Aug 2016
A humanitarian response in an urban context must not only meet the immediate needs of affected populations, but also foster recovery and sustainable development in the aftermath of a crisis so that people and the city are safe, healthy, educated, eco...
Report, Urban Resilience
Research

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

Start typing and press enter to search

Scroll to Top