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Latin America Risk Reduction Activity

24 Sep 2013
The Colombian Red Cross, in partnership with the American Red Cross and United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is implementing a two-year disaster risk reduction program known as “LARRAâ€...
Risk Assessment, Youth Disaster Preparedness
Report

Disasters in the Americas: The case for legal preparedness

24 Sep 2013
A set of case studies that highlight the importance of adequately facilitating and regulating outside international humanitarian assistance in the event of natural disasters. Case studies include the following examples: Dominican Republic law encoura...
Report, Disaster Law
Case Study

Volcanic Hazard Maps Improve Disaster Preparedness in Colombia

24 Sep 2013
A case study on the importance of effective visualization tools in disaster preparedness, such as volcanic hazard maps, which help public officials and citizens prepare for volcanic emergencies. Volcanic Hazard Maps Improve Disaster Preparedness in C...
Case Study, Volcano
Report

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
A joint research study by ICHARM/PWRI and NDRI, Nepal aimed at investigating the root causes of flood disasters in West Rapti river basin in Nepal and devising strategy to manage flood with community-based approach by targeting improvement in the res...
Report, Flood, Livelihoods and Food Security, Risk Assessment

Can Tho, Vietnam: “Co-management†of natural resources by the public and state

12 Sep 2013
An innovative program in Vietnam is exploring the potential of co-management and is seeking to demonstrate that “natural resources can be effectively managed by the public and the state collectively under conditions in which access and benefits sha...

Aceh, Indonesia: Community Outreach Program

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

Haiti: Earthquake 2010

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

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