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Report

Rising to the Challenge

07 Aug 2015
Communities in the Pacific region face a number of new challenges during an era of unprecedented social change. Major towns are growing rapidly as people leave rural areas in search of opportunities. There is an increase in informal settlements, wher...
Report
Guidance material

Volunteering in Emergencies: Practical guidelines for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies managing volunteers in emergency situations

06 Aug 2015
Volunteers are our most valued resource. They bring local knowledge and contacts, know the language, customs and operating environments, as well as bring a wide range of skills and capacities to rapidly scale up activities when needed, and sustain th...
Guidance material
Awareness material, Guidance material, Report

Towards Safer School Construction – A community-based approach

03 Aug 2015
This publication synthesizes the lessons from past community-based school construction programs and projects around the globe. It provides guidance for engaging communities in mobilisation, planning, design, construction and post-construction mainten...
Awareness material, Guidance material, Report, Public Awareness and Public Education
Guidance material

A guide to measuring urban risk resilience: principles, tools and practice of urban indicators

03 Aug 2015
This Guidebook describes the principles, tools and practices of three (3) urban disaster risk and resilience indicator systems based on EMI’s collective experience in implementing them in various urban settings in the last decade with local authori...
Guidance material, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Research

Developing strategies to strengthen the resilience of hotels to disasters: A scoping study to guide the development of the Hotel Resilient Initiative

03 Aug 2015
Exerpt from Executive Summary: Tourism is one of the most economically important sets of industries worldwide, yet the industry is also one of the most highly exposed to disasters due to its reliance on interrelated industries and location in man...
Research, Business Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Research

Social Media Analysis Tools for Preparedness

31 Jul 2015
This report summarizes the findings of a comparative review of social media analysis tools and how their functionality can support for disaster preparedness and risk reduction work. Over the last years social media analysis tools have increasingly be...
Research
Report

Humanitarian response to urban crises – a review of area-based approaches

30 Jul 2015
The aim of this paper is to provide a review of current literature as a foundation for informing practice and policy of humanitarian actors. Given the emerging nature of this topic, there is also a focus on identifying gaps in documentation and secto...
Report, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Using Google Analytics

30 Jul 2015
This paper will guide you through some of the most important attributes of the Google Analytics tool to use when analyzing the performance of your First Aid or Hazard app.
Guidance material
Guidance material

Confirming/Changing your Country Google Play Store (Android)

30 Jul 2015
It is important that you are in the correct Country Store to view your app. The GDPC does not release the apps globally, and the app will only be released in your country’s store. This means you must have an account for your own country’s...
Guidance material
Guidance material

User Agreement Sign-off

30 Jul 2015
Before your app can be released, a member of your national society with signing authority must sign the agreement electronically in the CMS. An electronic copy is available to review. It is in English and for legal reasons not translated. You c...
Guidance material

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