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Participatory budgeting inspires community projects – Venezuela

14 Oct 2013
This video focuses on a case study of how the Sucre municipality in Venezuela has supported communities in designing and managing their own projects through a participatory budgeting initiative called “Rumobo Propio” and the provision of ...
Case Study
Case Study

Participatory strategic planning – Brazil

14 Oct 2013
This video focuses on a case study of how the residents of ‘Territorio de Bem’ in Brazil used community-led strategic planning to solve their waste disposal problem, promote environmental education, and gain new space for recreation. The initiati...
Case Study, Flood
Report

Risk and Opportunity, Managing Risk for Development

14 Oct 2013
The World Disaster Report (WDR 2014) argues that risk management can be a powerful instrument for development—not only by building people’s resilience and thus reducing the effects of adverse events but also by allowing them to take advantage...
Report, Urban Resilience
Report

World Disaster Report 2010: Urban Risk

14 Oct 2013
© International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2010 IFRC World Disaster Reports http://www.ifrc.org/en/publications-and-reports/world-disasters-report/wdr2010/
Report, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Resilient Cities: Reestablishing Communities Post-Disaster

11 Oct 2013
Article exploring the role of community-driven recovery and redevelopment, using the example of post-earthquake recovery in Haiti. This Big City, September 2013. Resilient Cities: Reestablishing Communities Post-Disaster http://ht.ly/oUAoO
Case Study, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Report

Haiti Recovery Operation Summary of the Plan of Action – July 2011 – December 2012

11 Oct 2013
Revised Plan of Action Summary that clearly articulates IFRC secretariat actions moving forward as of July 2011. It continues to use a ‘pillar’ approach but the structure has been simplified to minimize overlap and duplication found in the thre...
Report, Post-Disaster Recovery, Urban Resilience
Report

Gestion del Riesgo en Contextos Urbanos: Avances en las Americas en Materia del abordaje del Riesgo en contextos urbanos

11 Oct 2013
La Gestión del riesgo y la experiencia urbana de las Sociedades Nacionales tiene sus inicios en el 2004 año en el cual las SN inician la implementacion de diagnosticos comunitarios en comunidades semi- urbanas- urbanas. El Desarrollo de Estudios ...
Report, Urban Resilience
Assessment or evaluation

After Hurricane Sandy: Lessons Learned for Bolstering Energy Resilience

11 Oct 2013
Series of reports on infrastructure resilience following Hurricane Sandy. Northeastern University, George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, August, 2013. Online version of report http://www.northeastern.edu/kostas/wp-content/uploads...
Assessment or evaluation, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Infrastructure and Services, Post-Disaster Recovery
Report

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine: Lessons learned from the Haiti Earthquake Response

11 Oct 2013
Special feature of the Humanitarian Exchange focusing on the response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Although much of the early media coverage emphasised the tardiness and inefficiency of the humanitarian response, subsequent reviews have ...
Report, Earthquake, Post-Disaster Recovery, Urban Resilience
Training material

Just In Time Disaster Training – Library

10 Oct 2013
An on-line video library developed by the Disaster Resistant Communities Group to provide a single, easy to search source in which individuals, agencies and organizations can access Just In Time Disaster Training videos. The library hosts more than 5...
Training material, Community Engagement and Accountability

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