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Disaster Preparedness for Safer School Project, Nepal

19 Dec 2014
Nepal is ranked the eleventh most at risk country with regard to earthquakes, and the thirtieth with respect to floods. The communities also suffered from other disasters such as fires, windstorm, thunderstorms and landslides. Having implemented sinc...
Case Study, Urban Resilience
Report

Report on Early Warning for Technological Hazards

19 Dec 2014
Technological hazards are an increasing source of risk to people and their environment. This is an effect of the globalization of production, an increase of industrialization and a certain level of risk of accidents connected with production, proce...
Report, Early Warning Systems, Technological hazard
Report

Harnessing Urbanization to End Poverty and Boost Prosperity in Africa- World Bank

19 Dec 2014
Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More than half of Africa’s population will live in its cities by 2040. Well-managed urbanization has the potential to propel growth, e...
Report, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Neighborhood Empowerment Network – San Francisco

18 Dec 2014
In 2007, an alliance of residents, neighborhood and merchant associations, non profits and faith based organizations, foundations and academic institutions was created around a simple mission, empowering the neighborhoods of San Francisco with the ca...
Case Study, Urban Resilience
Video

Paper City: Urban Story

18 Dec 2014
As part of its Urban October celebrations, UN-Habitat has launched “Paper City”, a stop-motion video animation portraying today’s urban challenges using a paper and cardboard mock city. Aimed at an audience not yet familiar with urbanization pr...
Video, Infrastructure and Services, Urban Resilience
Video

Huracanes: Como construir una casa de madera más segura

18 Dec 2014
La Cruz Roja capacita constructores en el uso de técnicas de resistencia a huracanes para la construcción de casas de madera más seguras para una vida mejor.
Video, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone
Other type of resource

Comparative Review of Social Media Analysis Tools for Preparedness: Terms of Reference

18 Dec 2014
In collaboration with other partners, the GDPC seeks to build out the current knowledge and awareness within the global Red Cross network on how the information exchange and communication on social media platforms can be better integrated into the wo...
Other type of resource
Video

Philippines: Lessons on Disaster Recovery

17 Dec 2014
A year after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastated central Philippines, a global guide on post disaster recovery is being developed by many countries including the Philippines to help build back better.
Video, Post-Disaster Recovery
Guidance material

Urban WASH in Emergencies

17 Dec 2014
From the 24 – 28 March 2014, RedR held a pilot course for 24 WASH experts on the subject of addressing the social, institutional and technical gaps that currently exist for water, sanitation and hygiene provision in the urban emergency context. Thi...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Video

تقييم الضعف والقدرات: فٌن وعلمٌ

17 Dec 2014
في معالجة نقاط الضعف، المجتمعات المحلية نفسها هي التي تملك القدرة على إحداث تغيير كبير. المنظمات والمجتمعات الإنسانية تعمل على نحو متزاي...
Video

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