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

Guidance material

City Strength Diagnostic Methodological Guidebook, GFDRR

19 Nov 2015
City Strength Diagnostic was developed to help World Bank staff apply this new holistic approach to urban resilience to operations. It was designed to help facilitate a dialogue among stakeholders (e.g. government, civil society, residents, and the p...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

RFP – Comparative Review of The Pillowcase Project

18 Nov 2015
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC), a joint venture of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and American Red Cross, works with the Red Cross and Red Crescent (RC/RC) n...
Other type of resource, Public Awareness and Public Education, Youth Disaster Preparedness
Report

A Networked Approach to Strengthening Emergency Response Capacity

16 Nov 2015
Over the past decade, the global humanitarian agenda has moved from saving lives and providing basic services in emergencies toward building resilience to crises. However, the recent Ebola outbreaks in West Africa and ongoing crises in countries such...
Report, Post-Disaster Recovery, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Video

The Shelter Effect

09 Nov 2015
The Shelter Effect or how a safe home can change everything.Come and share your experiences here: www.facebook.com/TheShelterEffect
Video
Report

Humanitarian Broadcasting in Emergencies: A Synthesis of Evaluation Findings

05 Nov 2015
In recent years, the humanitarian community has increasingly recognised the importance of getting critical information to and from people affected by disasters. The systems, learning and coordination around such communication support have improved si...
Report, Communication As Aid
Research

Developing strategies to strengthen the resilience of hotels to disasters

31 Oct 2015
This scoping study analyzes the business context and needs for specific disaster risk management standards for small- and medium-sized hotels. as part of the the Hotel Resilient Initiative. The study is based on17 semi-structured interviews with ...
Research, Business Preparedness
Guidance material

Parliamentarians Fact Sheet

31 Oct 2015
A fact sheet providing a short overview of parliamentarians’ key role in contributing to and guiding the accountability of each national government to prevent and reduce disaster risk. In addition, the fact sheet provides information about how ...
Guidance material, Disaster Law
Video

Shelter: Nepal communities learn earth-quake resistant building

26 Oct 2015
Nepal farmer Les Bahadur Raut built his two-storey stone house in Dolakha district himself in the 1970s. It was damaged in the 25 April 2015 earthquake and collapsed in the 12 May earthquake, killing his elderly mother. He has signed up for training ...
Video, Earthquake
Report

Empowering Communities & Strengthening Resilience – Partnerships for Disaster Resilience for Thailand

22 Oct 2015
This publication serves to document the lessons learned by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC and its development partners during their work in Thailand, with a focus on the implementation experience of projects following the ‘Great Floods...
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Report

Key Considerations in Post-Disaster Reconstruction Lessons from Aceh

20 Oct 2015
In October 2007, almost three years after the tsunami, the DEC commissioned experts from Arup to carry out a short mission to Aceh to review the post-tsunami reconstruction programme undertaken by DEC Member Agencies. The aim of the mission was to pr...
Report, Post-Disaster Recovery, Urban Resilience

Start typing and press enter to search

Scroll to Top