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La geografía de la pobreza, los desastres y el clima extremo en 2030

27 Oct 2013
La geografía de la pobreza, los desastres y el clima extremo en 2030 examina la relación entre los desastres y la pobreza. Concluye que, para 2030, hasta 325 millones de personas extremadamente pobres habitarán en los 49 países más expuestos...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Flood
Guidance material

Earthquake Property Protection: Practical How-To Guides for Securing Buildings, Equipment, and Utilities (FEMA)

27 Oct 2013
This collection of practical guidance flyers, published by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provides step-by-step instructions for homeowners, building managers, and facility staff on how to protect property and reduce earthquake-...
Guidance material, Earthquake
Guidance material

Earthquake Preparedness Drill Manuals: Step-by-Step Guides for Schools, Businesses, Non-Profits, and Government Agencies (ShakeOut)

27 Oct 2013
These four drill manuals, developed by the Earthquake Country Alliance as part of the Great California ShakeOut program, provide step-by-step guidance for planning and conducting earthquake preparedness drills across different organizational settings...
Guidance material, Earthquake
Case Study

Risk Management and Sustainability in Educative Sector: Experience of Bogotá, Colombia

27 Oct 2013
Case study reviewing curricula changes and retrofitting programs introdcued in Bogotá, Colombia to promote both safe schools and disaster preparedness education in schools. Online version of case study http://www.preventionweb.net/files/7673_CCocaOD...
Case Study, Earthquake, Public Awareness and Public Education
Guidance material

Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation

27 Oct 2013
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has put together a set of guides to incremental retrofitting strategies for a wide variety of building types. FEMA, 2003. FEMA overview of earthquake safety at work, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Off...
Guidance material, Earthquake
Other type of resource

Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP)

27 Oct 2013
Official website of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) in Bangladesh which was established in 1972 and is operated as a joint initiative of the Government of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. The CPP has been credited with bri...
Other type of resource, Early Warning Systems, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone
Assessment or evaluation

Lessons Learned from Cyclone Phailin: Early Warning, Mass Evacuation, and Multi-Agency Coordination in India’s Disaster Response

27 Oct 2013
This radio discussion, broadcast on All India Radio’s FM Gold channel as part of the program News Analysis, examines the lessons learned from India’s response to Cyclone Phailin — one of the strongest cyclones to strike the country in 1...
Assessment or evaluation, Early Warning Systems, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone
Game

Dwelling Near the Ditch: A Participatory Game on Urban Waste Management, Flooding, and Climate Change

25 Oct 2013
Designed by Pablo Coll and Pablo Milrud for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, Dwelling Near the Ditch is a participatory learning game that supports dialogue about the opportunities and trade-offs facing communities that lack effective waste...
Game, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability, Urban Resilience
Game

The Dissolving Disasters Game

25 Oct 2013
This is a resilience game in which players assume the role of subsistence farmers organized into village teams, players make individual decisions that lead to collective patterns of choice and risk. The game features trade-offs between collaboration...
Game, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability
Game

The Before the Storm game

25 Oct 2013
Game, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability

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