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Guidance for Improved Case Studies

18 Feb 2014
As part of a project to enrich and advance the library of case studies showing good practices in disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction that are available to practitioners worldwide, the GDPC supported the development of a guidance tool on...
Guidance material
Guidance material

Cement Trust

13 Feb 2014
An NGO and consortium of cement producers that works to improve supply chain management for cement production. is looking to help builders reach a goal of 3,000 PSI cement rather than the 1,200 PSI cement that can typically be achieved with hand-mixi...
Guidance material, Earthquake
Guidance material

Innovative Land Tenure in the Philippines: Challenges, Approaches and Institutionalization

12 Feb 2014
Given the size of the urban poor population, a major challenge confronting development agencies, policymakers and social actors concerned with addressing poverty is how to provide better access to secure tenure and housing. tools and strategies t...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium Flagship Programmes

06 Feb 2014
In February 2011, the Government of Nepal (GoN) launched the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC). The NRRC is a unique body that unites the GoN, the international financial institutions of the Asian Development Bank and World Bank, development par...
Other type of resource, Earthquake, Flood, Landslide, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

NRRC Review

06 Feb 2014
The NRRC Review was commissioned by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) within the Government of Nepal (GoN) and had the backing of key stakeholders to the consortium. The Review’s primary purpose, as stated in the TOR, is: to take stock of the cur...
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

Hidden Cities: Unmasking and Overcoming Inequities in Urban Settings

31 Jan 2014
The joint UN-HABITAT/WHO report Hidden cities is the result of an intensive collaboration between the UN-HABITAT head office in Nairobi, Kenya,and the World Health Organization. Broad physical, social and economic determinants influence the health ...
Report, Urban Resilience
Report

Building Resilience: Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development

31 Jan 2014
This report presents the World Bank’s experience in climate and disaster resilient development, and contends that such development is essential to eliminating extreme poverty and achieving shared prosperity by 2030. The report recognizes, howeve...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience
Report

Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report Impact Forecasting — 2013

21 Jan 2014
Global natural disasters in 2013 combined to cause economic losses of USD192 billion, 4% below the ten year average of USD200 billion. The losses were generated by 296 separate events, compared to an average of 259. The disasters caused insured l...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation
Report

Engagement of crisis-affected people in humanitarian action

16 Jan 2014
The Concept Note for the ALNAP’s 29th Annual Meeting on 11-13 March, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ALNAP http://www.alnap.org/meeting2014
Report, Communication As Aid
Guidance material

Urban World: Innovative Cities

15 Jan 2014
This issue of Urban World (published by UNHABITAT) covers innovative cities. It examines why learning is the key to smarter urban development. It is also available in Español, русский, 中文 at the UNHABITAT link below. UNHABITAT (onli...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience

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