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Guidance material

Sample Business After Action Report for Drills and Exercises

11 Sep 2014
This form can be used to document observations and notes about how the organization performed during drills and exercises. These findings should be shared amongst senior executives and will inform the plans for the next activity. For more information...
Guidance material, Business Preparedness
Report

Zaatari: The Instant City

08 Sep 2014
Affordable Housing Institute (AHI) published a report on Al Zaatari Refugee Camp in Mafraq Governate, Jordan. The camp has become the second largest refugee camp in the world and the fourth largest city in Jordan. Though considered to be a temp...
Report, Post-Disaster Recovery
Report

Humanitarian Trends in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

08 Sep 2014
Contrary to perceptions that southern Africa has a homogeneous and ‘low-risk’ profile, research results indicate a region exposed to a range of environmental and social pressures. Excluding the protracted humanitarian situations in Angola and Zim...
Report, Urban Resilience
Report

Managing The Health Effects of Climate Change

28 Aug 2014
This paper by Lancet and University College London Institute for Global Health Commission states that climate change will have its greatest effect on those who have the least access to the world’s resources and who have contributed least to...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation
Guidance material

Violence Prevention in Disasters and Health Programming

28 Aug 2014
A good overview of indicators, tools and approaches available to help integrate VP into DRR and health programming by IFRC and Canadian Red Cross.
Guidance material, Community Engagement and Accountability
Report

Women’s Empowerment at the Frontline of Adaptation

20 Aug 2014
This publication aims to help fill major knowledge gaps in relation to the impact of multiple drivers of change on women in Nepal and women’s role in adaptation to climate change and managing natural resources. It examines the impacts of climate ch...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Guidance material

Wild Fire Safety Checklist

20 Aug 2014
Wild Fire Safety Checklist that includes: how to prepare ahead of time, what to do if there is a wild fire in your area, and returning home after a wild fire. American National Red Cross.
Guidance material, Wildfire
Guidance material

Heat Wave Safety Checklist

20 Aug 2014
Heat Wave Safety Checklist that inlcudes: how to prepare, what to do during a heatwave, and how to recognize and care for heat-related emergencies. American National Red Cross
Guidance material, Heat Wave
Guidance material

Disaster prevention, education and youth, the specific case of wildfires

20 Aug 2014
The prevention of destructive fires is an integral element of land-use policies and fire management strategies. Fire prevention must address a broad range of elements and sectors of society, natural resources and environmental management, land-use pl...
Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation, Public Awareness and Public Education, Wildfire
Case Study

Making Child Friendly Cities through School Safety: A Case Study

12 Aug 2014
So much is said about future of cities and yet city planning is not done by those who have a long future: children. This is odd. The 108th issue of Southasiadisaster.net is titled ‘Children in Urban Space: Making Child Friendly Cities’ highlights...
Case Study, Urban Resilience

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