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Namibia: Country Case Study Report / How Law and Regulation Support Disaster Risk Reduction

25 Sep 2014
Namibia is vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, especially drought and flooding. Flooding is an annually recurring event which is worsening each year, with the northern and northeastern regions being the worst affected. Drought is increasingly d...
Case Study, Disaster Law
Assessment or evaluation

We are Here: Haiti Case Study

22 Sep 2014
The joint ALNAP-CDA action-research included case studies in Darfur (World Vision), Pakistan (IOM), and Haiti (IFRC) as well as highlights and showcases about feedback practices at Oxfam America, Save the Children and Catholic Relief Services. There ...
Assessment or evaluation, Communication As Aid
Other type of resource

Strengthening disaster laws

18 Sep 2014
Experience has shown that effective domestic laws can be indispensable tools for reducing vulnerability to disasters and ensuring an effective response. Weak laws, on the other hand, can hinder progress in making populations safer and stall their...
Other type of resource, Disaster Law
Guidance material

Legislative Advocacy for Disaster Risk Reduction: Guidance Note No. 1

18 Sep 2014
Good legislation can play a critical role in reducing disaster risk. This has always been clear for man-made hazards, such as oil spills, faulty construction, and industrial accidents, all of which can be greatly reduced through well-enforced rules...
Guidance material, Disaster Law
Report

Humanitarian Response to Urban Crises

16 Sep 2014
This document, publiched by DFID, is intended to capture discussions from a series of stakeholder consultations on humanitarian response to urban crises through the topics of working with governments, the built environment, complex communities and ma...
Report, Post-Disaster Recovery, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Children in disasters-Games and guidelines to engage youth in risk reduction

15 Sep 2014
The purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance to Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies on effectively engaging in informal Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) educational initiatives. This publication is meant, in relation to DRR and educati...
Guidance material, Disaster Preparedness Games
Case Study

Humanitarian diplomacy in action in Nepal

15 Sep 2014
In August 2008, as flood waters from the Saptakoshi River raged through far-Eastern Nepal, displacing 70,000 people, the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) immediately provided relief items and other vital assistance. It also found itself needing to advo...
Case Study, Flood
Research

Scientists Can Now Predict Where People Will Run When An Earthquake Strikes

13 Sep 2014
Article about a model developed in Japan to predict people’s movement patterns after disaster events. The model is based on a study of travel patterns after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 based on GPS data from mobile phones users. The...
Research, Earthquake, Mobile Technology
Guidance material

Business Continuity Program Coordinator and Committee Worksheet

12 Sep 2014
Use the following table to identify members of your program committee and compile their contact information. Use the list to prepare a distribution list for communicating with committee members and distribution of program documentation. For more...
Guidance material
Assessment or evaluation

Business Impact Analysis Worksheet

11 Sep 2014
A business impact analysis (BIA) predicts the consequences of disruption of a business function and process and gathers information needed to develop recovery strategies. Potental loss scenarios should be identified during a risk assessment. Operatio...
Assessment or evaluation, Business Preparedness

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