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Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practice (Mercy Corps)
Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practice (Mercy Corps)
Based on its own learning, continual community feed-back, and a real-time evaluation during the September 2008 flood in the Far-Western Development Region of Nepal, Mercy Corps has identified 10 areas of good practice for community-based disaster risk reduction which are documented in this report....
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World Disaster Report 2010: Urban Risk
World Disaster Report 2010: Urban Risk
© 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/...
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Legal Preparedness for Responding to Disasters and Communicable Disease Emergencies: Cambodia
Legal Preparedness for Responding to Disasters and Communicable Disease Emergencies: Cambodia
This legal research study was conducted in Cambodia between June 2008 and April 2009 to: Identify gaps and areas of good practice in addressing legal issues and implementing the key regional and international instruments relevant to disaster and communicable disease emergencies in Cambodia; Recommen...
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Legal preparedness for responding to disasters and communicable disease emergencies: Laos
Legal preparedness for responding to disasters and communicable disease emergencies: Laos
This legal research study was conducted in Lao PDR between March and August 2009 to: Identify gaps and areas of good practice in addressing legal issues and implementing the key regional and international instruments relevant to disaster and communicable disease emergencies in Laos; Recommend legal ...
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Learning from the city – British Red Cross Urban Learning Project Scoping Study
Learning from the city – British Red Cross Urban Learning Project Scoping Study
The study looks at the evolving nature of risk and vulnerability in urban areas relating to natural hazards, urban violence and conflict, markets and livelihoods, health and water, sanitation and hygiene, and shelter, land and the built environment and highlights ways forward.  ...
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Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in Nepal
Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in Nepal
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, ICIMOD has endeavoured to encourage knowledge sharin...
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Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Guide
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Guide
The guide presents experience from more than 30 Red Cross Red Crescent national socieites in six thematic modules: Getting started, Dialogues, Communications, Disaster management, Community-based disaster risk reduction and Health. Online intro to the Climate Guide, English version of Climate Guide ...
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Urban Preparedness: Lessons from the Kathmandu Valley
Urban Preparedness: Lessons from the Kathmandu Valley
New British Red Cross and Nepal Red Cross report, Urban Preparedness: Lessons from the Kathmandu Valley, which has been developed in partnership with Groupe URD as part of International’s Urban Learning Project.  Out of 21 cities worldwide that lie in similar seismic zones, Kathmandu, Nepal i...
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Phase I WPNS Self-Assessment 2002-2004
Phase I WPNS Self-Assessment 2002-2004
In 2001, disaster preparedness delegates from the IFRC and staff from different National Societies defined the characteristics of a well-prepared National Society. Their aim was to prepare a simple tool for disaster preparedness planning. Based on this definition, Well-prepared National Societies (W...
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Analysis of legislation related to disaster risk reduction in the Dominican Republic
Analysis of legislation related to disaster risk reduction in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is the second most vulnerable country in the Caribbean after Haiti, being exposed to tropical storms and hurricanes, floods, droughts, wildfires and landslides, as well as being at considerable risk from seismic events and tsunamis; high proportion of the population lives i...
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Ethiopia: Country Case Study Report / How Law and Regulation Supports Disaster Risk Reduction
Ethiopia: Country Case Study Report / How Law and Regulation Supports Disaster Risk Reduction
Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, has a total population estimated at 88 million (the third largest population in Africa), and contains over 80 ethnic groups spread over nine regional states and two city administrations, yet despite economic growth and a significant increase in...
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Analysis of legislation related to disaster risk reduction in South Africa
Analysis of legislation related to disaster risk reduction in South Africa
While South Africa is subject to a wide variety of natural and human-induced hazards, the three that occur most frequently – floods, droughts and fires – are all associated with water, its excess or its lack. South Africa is a water-stressed country and lack of sufficient water is the most si...
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