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Cómo desarrollar ciudades más resilientes: Un Manual para líderes de los gobiernos locales

23 Sep 2013
Este Manual para líderes de los gobiernos locales proporciona a los alcaldes, gobernadores, concejales y otros, un marco genérico para la reducción de riesgos e identifica buenas prácticas y herramientas que ya están siendo utilizadas en varias ...
Report, Urban Resilience
Report

Austria and Switzerland: Temporary flood barriers

15 Sep 2013
Significant floods in Europe in 2013 have tested the learning from earlier floods, some as recent as 2002. One of the “new†learnings has been the utility of temporary structures which can be installed when floods are imminent and removed once ï¬...
Report
Report

A Feasibility Study on Integrated Community Based Flood Disaster Management of Banke District, Nepal

15 Sep 2013
This feasibility study presents a comprehensive approach to flood disaster management in Nepal’s West Rapti River Basin, combining scientific analysis with community-based practices. Conducted by ICHARM/PWRI and the Nepal Development Research Insti...
Report, Flood, Risk Assessment
Case Study

Community-Based Urban Flood and Erosion Management in Can Tho, Vietnam: Co-Management Approaches for Climate Resilience

12 Sep 2013
This climate resilience case study, produced by the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET), documents a community-based urban flood and erosion management project implemented in An Binh ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City, Vietna...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience

Aceh Indonesia Tsunami Recovery: Community Outreach Program Beneficiary Communication Case Study

11 Sep 2013
Approximately one year after the 2004 tsunami decimated Aceh province in Indonesia, it was decided that more needed to be done when it comes to communicating with those that were falling through the gaps. Thus, the Community Outreach Program (COP) wa...
Communication As Aid

Beneficiary Communication After the Haiti Earthquake: Radio, SMS, and IVR in Disaster Response

11 Sep 2013
Beneficiary communication was one of the most important tools directly after the earthquake that shook Haiti at a magnitude of 7.0 Mw on 12 January 2010. It allowed vulnerable communities to receive information that they needed most, as quickly and a...
Communication As Aid
Report

Sending a Message of Accountability: SMS Helps Improve Services after Pakistan Floods

11 Sep 2013
This case study illustrates how Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO), a Pakistani NGO, worked alongside the Popular Engagement Policy Lab (PEPL) and Raabta Consultants to implement a Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) using FrontlineSM...
Report, Communication As Aid
Report

Beneficiary Communication and Accountability: A responsibility, not a choice

11 Sep 2013
This IFRC lessons learned report documents the experiences and recommendations emerging from beneficiary communication and accountability (BCA) programmes across three major disaster operations: the 2004 Asian tsunami response in Aceh, Indonesia; the...
Report, Communication As Aid
Assessment or evaluation

Beneficiary Communications Evaluation: Haiti Earthquake Operation 2011

11 Sep 2013
This evaluation assesses the impact of beneficiary communication activities conducted during the Haiti Earthquake Operation from January 2010 onward. Drawing on 626 individual interviews, 19 focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and fiel...
Assessment or evaluation, Communication As Aid
Guidance material

IFRC Beneficiary Communications: Community Engagement, Mobile Technology, and Accountability in Disaster Response

11 Sep 2013
This IFRC briefing note provides an overview of beneficiary communications as a strategic approach to connecting humanitarian programming with affected populations. It defines beneficiary communications as a cross-cutting function that spans the full...
Guidance material, Communication As Aid

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