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Epidemic Preparedness in Indonesia

14 Jul 2015
Indonesia is one of the world’s most natural disaster- prone countries. Earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides and volcanic activity pose a constant threat to the safety and wellbeing of millions of people living across the 13,700 islands of t...
Case Study, Communicable Disease
Guidance material

The Catastrophe Method: Using Intolerable Consequences To Detect Concealed Threats

14 Jul 2015
THE CATASTROPHE METHOD: USING INTOLERABLE CONSEQUENCES TO DETECT CONCEALED THREATS By Gary Oleson, TASC Senior Engineer​ (I chose this paper, as the writer brings elements to consider thinking in terms of teams responding.) The budget reductions be...
Guidance material
Other type of resource

Proceedings of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

09 Jul 2015
These proceedings highlight the five days of deliberations, discussions and presentations held at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) held at Sendai City, Japan in March 2015. The proceedings include the Senda...
Other type of resource
Report, Research

Report – Workshop on Research and Evidence Based Practice for Humanitarian Work

08 Jul 2015
The report summarizes the workshop on research and evidence based practice for humanitarian work that was held in Geneva, CH on May 19 – 20, 2015. Workshop participants included representatives from RCRC national societies, IFRC and external ac...
Report, Research
Awareness material, Guidance material

Road to resilience: a guide to leading a resilient life

07 Jul 2015
This book is intended for urban households, colonies and clusters and provides bottom-up resilience building options for augmenting urban services through conservation of local resources and waste recycling options. It provides solutions based on pri...
Awareness material, Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Awareness material, Guidance material, Report

The Red Cross and Red Crescent’s Principled Approach to Innovation

07 Jul 2015
In June 2015, the Red Cross and Red Crescent published “The Red Cross and Red Crescent’s Principled Approach to Innovation” to: Highlight how the Red Cross and Red Crescent’s Fundamental Principles guide its innovative approaches to p...
Awareness material, Guidance material, Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

Draft National Risk Assessment 2015 (Ireland)

07 Jul 2015
The Government of Ireland has published the draft National Risk Assessment 2015 – Overview of Strategic Risks. This sets out a draft list of strategic risks, both financial and non-financial, which Ireland faces, with a view to stimulating public ...
Report, Risk Assessment
Research

Overview of Natural Disasters and their Impacts in Asia and the Pacific, 1970 – 2014

06 Jul 2015
Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world. Geologically, the region is characterized by active tectonic plate movements in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, which have been the source of major earthquakes and tsunamis. In the p...
Research, Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Landslide, Thunderstorm, Tsunami
Report

Business Case for Adapting Buildings to Climate Change

06 Jul 2015
Innovate UK’s Design for Future Climate, Adapting Buildings programme has produced a report and summary on how buildings can be prepared for climate change. This report analyses the drivers that affect the market for professional building design se...
Report, Business Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation, Infrastructure and Services
Report

Beyond the Blanket: The role of not for profits and non traditional stakeholders in emergency management

02 Jul 2015
The report of the Second REd Cross National Disaster Resilience Roundtable, focusing on the role of not for profits in emergency management.
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management

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