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Strategic directions: strengthening national platforms for disaster reduction – with experience in Kyrgyz Republic

02 Feb 2016
The strategic directions on strengthening National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction are intended for use by all stakeholders as a guiding document or manual, which proposes a list of rational options of organizational and practical actions that ...
Report, Disaster Risk Financing, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Research

Hazagora: will you survive the next disaster? GeoHazards and DRR Games

02 Feb 2016
Hazagora: a serious game to raise awareness about geohazards and disaster risk reduction. This paper presents the development of a board game aimed at raising awareness about geohazards and disaster risk reduction strategies. The target groups are: i...
Research, Disaster Preparedness Games, Risk Assessment
Guidance material

URBZ – user-generated cities

19 Jan 2016
Based on the belief that residents are experts in their neighborhoods, URBZ organizes collaborative workshops, hands-on research projects, and interactive solution sharing on the web. URBZ regularly organizes participatory workshops that last 2 to...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience
Report

Development Impact of Social Media

19 Jan 2016
This background paper prepared for the World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends assess the role of social media in social and economic development. Robert Ackland; Kyosuke Tanaka (2015): Development Impact of Social Media.
Report
Research

Unseen, Unheard Gender-Based Violence in Disaster

19 Jan 2016
During past disasters, GBV has been largely unseen and unheard. This study concludes that more should be done to determine the frequency of GBV during disasters, the forms it takes, and what disaster responders can and should do to prevent GBV and re...
Research, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Assessment or evaluation

Urban Livelihoods Recovery, Lessons from Port-au-Prince, Haiti

14 Jan 2016
The earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010 led to the loss of more than 220,000 lives, over 310,000 injuries and extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure. Taking the British Red Cross recovery programme as a case stu...
Assessment or evaluation, Livelihoods and Food Security, Post-Disaster Recovery
Other type of resource

Call for Case Studies on Coalition Building

14 Jan 2016
Description and details on the call for Case Studies on Coalition Building
Other type of resource
Guidance material

Gender and Diversity Strategy, American Red Cross International Services

05 Jan 2016
Among its core functions, the American Red Cross International Services Department (ARC-ISD) strives to support Host National Societies (HNS) to assist the most vulnerable people in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from man-made and...
Guidance material, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Report

Crisis Overview 2015: Humanitarian Trends and Risks for 2016

05 Jan 2016
In 2012 ACAPS launched the Global Emergency Overview (GEO). Since then, we have provided a weekly global overview of humanitarian crises. The Crisis Overview 2015: Humanitarian Trends and Risks for 2016 is the first attempt to use the three years o...
Report, Mapping and Geospatial Data
Guidance material

पुस्तिका: पुरातात्विक महत्वका भवनहरूको मर्मतसंभारमा भुकम्पीय सुरक्षा अभिवृध्दिका उपायहरू

31 Dec 2015
पुस्तिका: पुरातात्विक महत्वका भवनहरूको मर्मतसंभारमा भुकम्पीय सुरक्षा अभिवृध्दिका उपायहरू ...
Guidance material, Earthquake, Infrastructure and Services, Urban Resilience

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