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A bridge towards resilience – Senegal

02 Nov 2013
Case study about the youth of Sare and Kemo villages who have built a bridge to counter the problem of cut off access to each other during persistent flooding. One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Network for Disaster Reduction...
Case Study, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change

02 Nov 2013
This book addresses a major gap in adaptation efforts to date by pointing to the vital role that an understanding of population dynamics and an extensive use of demographic data have in developing pre-emptive and effective adaptation policies and pra...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Sri Lanka: A Compendium of Good Practices

01 Nov 2013
The compendium presents good practices of the community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) approach implemented under a Disaster Preparedness project in the North and East of Sri Lanka, supported by the Disaster Preparedness ECHO (DIPECHO). Lea...
Case Study, Drought, Flood, Livelihoods and Food Security
Guidance material

A Guide for Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness Planning

01 Nov 2013
This guide, written for municipal and regional planners, reflects information,concerns and recommendations that emerged at the daylong forum on December 6, 2005, on “Lessons Learned” from recent large-scale disasters that affected states along t...
Guidance material
Guidance material

Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Management: Voices from the field & good practices

01 Nov 2013
This publication would like to contribute with advocating for a more inclusive DRR where persons with disabilities are active participants and not overlooked in relief and response actions. The practices and experiences presented here are challenging...
Guidance material
Other type of resource

Downloadable Disability Access Symbols

01 Nov 2013
Set of twelve symbols below promote and publicize accessibility for people with disabilities. Graphic Artists Guild Foundation. Online version of symbols https://www.graphicartistsguild.org/tools_resources/downloadable-disability-access-symbols
Other type of resource
Guidance material

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

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