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Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in Zambia

01 Apr 2014
Case study and Guidance note to the VCA undertaken in Sinazongwe, Zambia, in 2003.
Report
Case Study

Meeting the challenge of climate impacts: IFRC case studies in climate-related risk reduction

31 Mar 2014
The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report presents the current state of knowledge on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Compared to the Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, “AR5” has a much stronger focus on r...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation
Case Study

The Impact of Disaster Risk Reduction field sessions in Myanmar

25 Mar 2014
IThe disaster risk reduction field session aims to empower communities with information on the underlying causes of natural disasters.The following case studies highlights the impact that one DRR field session had on communities in Myanmar. Link...
Case Study, Risk Assessment
Report

Assessment of early warning efforts in Leyte for typhoon Haiyan/ Yolanda

25 Mar 2014
This paper analyses the typhoon Haiyan/ Yolanda hazard event in order to understand if a better early warning system would help to save more lives. The study compares the actual event and different general hazard information, forecasts in order to de...
Report
Guidance material

Guiding principles on security of tenure for the urban poor

20 Mar 2014
This Guidelines are published by the Special Rapporteur on Adequate housing in Feb 2014. I believe that these principles can be useful on our programs, (specially our Recovery and Urban programming) as it presents an overview on how to strengthen...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience
Report

People affected by conflict: Humanitarian needs in numbers

19 Mar 2014
A report summarizing findings on people affected by conflict (PAC) from a collection of 2012 CE-DAT surveys. In 2012, we estimate that more than 172 million people were affected by conflict worldwide. Of this total, 149 million or 87% were conflict-...
Report
Report

Urban Preparedness. Lessons from the Kathmandu Valley.

13 Mar 2014
In the context of the Nepal Red Cross and British Red Cross Earthquake Preparedness for Safer Communities programme (EPS) in Kathmandu, this study focuses on identifying key learning points on community engagement and local and national action i...
Report, Earthquake, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Engagement Games:A case for designing games to facilitate real-world action

12 Mar 2014
The publication features the UpRiver game and explicitly acknowledges support from American Red Cross in its development. Online home for the Guide http://engagementgamelab.org/pdfs/engagement-game-guide.pdf
Guidance material, Communication As Aid, Community Engagement and Accountability
Case Study

Supporting Durable Solutions to Urban, Post-disaster Displacement:Haiti

11 Mar 2014
This study, published by the Brookings and IOM examines the question of durable solutions to displacement in Port-au-Prince, recognizing that the challenges faced in Haiti may be a source of insight for responses to other urban, post-disaster displ...
Case Study, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Humanitarian crises, emergency preparedness and response: the role of business and the private sector Indonesia case study

10 Mar 2014
This paper addresses the role of the private sector in humanitarian action in Indonesia and broad patters of engagement between the humanitarian and the private sectors. In analysing these issues, the paper identifies the barriers to, and opportu...
Case Study, Post-Disaster Recovery, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience

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