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Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster: The Synergy of Structure and Good Intentions

29 Oct 2013
In 2002-03 UPS, the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, FEMA and the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) coalition convened a set of partner organizations to review the challenges and oppor...
Guidance material
Guidance material

Global food security assessment guidelines

29 Oct 2013
This guide aims to assist Red Cross Red Crescent National Society and NGO staff and volunteers throughout the world in undertaking food security assessments. It does not require prior knowledge or experience of food security. The guide covers the d...
Guidance material, Livelihoods and Food Security
Assessment or evaluation

International Food Security Assessment, 2013-2023

29 Oct 2013
By 2023, the number of food-insecure people in the 76 countries included in this report is projected to increase nearly 23 percent to 868 million, slightly faster than population growth. The distribution gap—the amount of additional food need...
Assessment or evaluation, Livelihoods and Food Security
Guidance material

Minimum Standards in Food Security and Nutrition

29 Oct 2013
Access to food and the maintenance of an adequate nutritional status are critical determinants of people’s survival in a disaster. Ultimately better food security and nutrition in disaster response is achieved through better preparedness. These...
Guidance material, Livelihoods and Food Security
Assessment or evaluation

Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in Nepal

27 Oct 2013
This publication is one of a series produced under the project ‘Living with risk – sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region’, implemented by ICIMOD during a 15-month period in 2006 and 2007. Through this project, IC...
Assessment or evaluation, Earthquake, Flood
Guidance material

Drought tips from FEMA

27 Oct 2013
A set of tips on drought preparedness put together by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States. While many of the tips may be US specific, some can be readily adapted to other country contexts. FEMA. http://www.ready.gov/drought h...
Guidance material, Drought
Guidance material

Drought-Ready Communities: A Guide to Community Drought Preparedness

27 Oct 2013
The process outlined in the Guide is broad-based, recognizing that drought creates problems that go beyond the scope of what water suppliers alone can address. Worksheets and other exercises can help communities see how drought has affected water sup...
Guidance material, Drought, Public Awareness and Public Education, Wildfire
Case Study

Drought-Ready Community: Norman, Oklahoma

27 Oct 2013
A Compilation of Reports from the 2010 Class of “Applied Climatology and Meteorology” at the University of Oklahoma that review the drought experience of Norman, Oklahoma; future risks; and preliminary steps that the city can take for effective d...
Case Study, Drought
Guidance material

Urban Drought Guidebook: 2008 Updated Edition

27 Oct 2013
Managing water shortages involves using programs to temporarily reduce demand and find alternate water to temporarily increase supply. The guidebook discusses water shortage management programs that belong in water shortage contingency plans. It w...
Guidance material, Drought, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Drought Preparedness Planning: Building Institutional Capacity

27 Oct 2013
Past attempts to manage drought and its impacts through a reactive, crisis management approach have been ineffective, poorly coordinated, and untimely. Because of the ineffectiveness of this approach, greater interest has evolved in recent years ...
Guidance material, Drought

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