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Do Disasters Create Opportunities for Change Towards Sustainability?

08 Mar 2016
This study looks at how people and organizations – in the midst of post-disaster devastation and loss – are able to see and seize opportunities for change towards sustainability. The post-disaster recovery process from the 2004 Indian Oce...
Case Study, Post-Disaster Recovery, Risk Assessment
Guidance material

Coalition-building in Coastal Cities: initial workshop

08 Mar 2016
The GDPC together with the IFRC and American Red Cross held a workshop in early March 2016 to initiate a new USAID/OFDA-supported project on prototyping coalition-building approaches in coastal cities in SE Asia and the Pacific. The project will expl...
Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience
Research

Assessing household risk mitigation to flooding in lowland area of Palembang

07 Mar 2016
This research aims to build a concept of disaster resilient communities in Palembang, Indonesia based on their current preparedness. In order to achieve this, the level of community structural and non-structural mitigation in Palembang needs to be as...
Research, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Case Study

Improving disaster resilience using mobile based disaster management system

07 Mar 2016
The aim of the study is to increase disaster resilience by using mobile technologies to ensure citizens play an active role in disaster management. It addresses the implementation of mobile based disaster management systems based on a study case in I...
Case Study, Mobile Technology, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment
Research

Briefing note: Comparative Review of the First Aid App

02 Mar 2016
The briefing paper examines the adoption of the First Aid App by Red Cross National Societies under the Universal App Program. Specifically, it provides an outline of the program and the experiences of some of the National Societies in adopting ...
Research, Mobile Technology
Report

Economic Costs of the Social Impacts of Disaster

02 Mar 2016
The Red Cross has been involved in driving a new Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience report, focusing on determining the economic costs of the social impacts of disaster. The report found that the social costs are higher than the t...
Report, Post-Disaster Recovery
Research

Comparative Review of the First Aid app

01 Mar 2016
This report presents the key insights and findings from a Comparative review of the First Aid App funded by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC). The study was led by Trilateral Research (TRI), with support from Fraunhofer Institute for Ope...
Research, Mobile Technology
Guidance material

Leveraging Catastrophe Bonds As a Mechanism for Resilient Infrastructure Project Finance

28 Feb 2016
The RE.bound initiative has been developed by Rockefeller Foundation, Swiss Re, Goldman Sachs and RMS to link risk transfer coverage for cities with financing for resilient infrastructure. The initiative is developing an innovative version of catas...
Guidance material, Disaster Risk Financing
Video

Bangladesh community radio: Hello Red Crescent – We Listen to You

26 Feb 2016
In December 2014, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Swedish Red Cross, launched its first ever live call-in radio programme. Since July 2015, th...
Video, Public Awareness and Public Education
Other type of resource

Urban Resilience and Children’s Rights

24 Feb 2016
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of ‘Child Centered Disaster Management Planning in India.’ As widespread poverty and climate change exacerbate the risk of disasters on children, it is time to embed corrective pol...
Other type of resource, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience, Youth Disaster Preparedness

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