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Communicating with People with Disability: National Guidelines for Emergency Managers

01 Nov 2013
A set of guidelines that have been designed to support emergency managers to better understand the varied communication needs of people with disability. They are intended to inform and complement the wide range of policies and procedures developed at...
Guidance material
Case Study

Indicators for Local Risk Index: Case Study Indonesia

01 Nov 2013
A description of the indicators that were used on the local scale in Indonesia by the World Risk Index. One advantage of the local of the local index is the inclusion of data that was not available at global scale, for example on social networks and ...
Case Study, Risk Assessment
Report

World Risk Report 2012

01 Nov 2013
The WorldRiskReport (WRR) consists of an index, a priority topic and case studies. The index describes the disaster risk for various countries and regions.The main focus of the report is on the threat from or exposure exposure to natural hazards ...
Report, Risk Assessment
Case Study

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons and Information and Communication Technology in the Face of the Great East Japan Earthquake

01 Nov 2013
Presentation on the experience from the Great East Japan Earthquake in terms of the impact of the disaster events on people with disability and their inclusion in response and recovery efforts. Jo Matsuzaki, Associate Professor, Miyagi University ...
Case Study, Earthquake, Tsunami
Guidance material

Fire safety: Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design

31 Oct 2013
Although layout planning and design is only one of a number of measures which can be taken to contribute to fire safety in settlements, the purpose of this section is to bring about an awareness of fire safety in settlement planning and design, and t...
Guidance material, House Fire, Wildfire
Guidance material

Fire Safety for Wheelchair Users at Work and at Home

31 Oct 2013
By understanding their special evacuation needs, people with mobility impairments and first responders can improve their chances of evacuating their workplace or home safely. This brochure will emphasize the evacuation protocol for wheelchair user...
Guidance material, House Fire
Training material

Volcano Resources for Educators

31 Oct 2013
List of resource for educators by the US Geologic Survey. Volcano Resources for Educators http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/edu/index.php
Training material, Volcano
Guidance material

A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters

31 Oct 2013
This Workbook offers a step-by-step guide for city officials in proactively planning for natural disasters and climate change impacts. It is based on learning from three cities in Vietnam – Ha Noi, Can Tho, and Dong Hoi – that developed Local...
Guidance material, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Cities and Flooding

31 Oct 2013
A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century provides forward-looking operational assistance to policy makers and technical specialists in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of the developing world on how best to man...
Guidance material, Flood, Urban Resilience
Research

Role of social capital in reinforcing community resilience

31 Oct 2013
The study published by IFRC finds that while social capital has always played an implicit role in the community-based work of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement – the volunteerism at its core, as well as the community-based committees and ac...
Research, Public Awareness and Public Education

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