Tag: Disaster risk reduction

Youth Volunteerism and Disaster Risk Reduction

A research report on the motivations for young people volunteering in urban slums of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Library: General   Date published: November 2012

From early warning to reinforcing resilience: Lessons learned from the 2011-2012 Sahel response

A report for the IASC Principles

Library: ERD   Date published: November 2012

The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises

Library: General   Date published: October 2012

Understanding the nature and scale of urban risk in low- and middle-income countries and its implications for humanitarian preparedness, planning and response

A synthesis report produced by the International Institute for the Environment and Development (IIED) for the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID)

Library: General   Date published: September 2012

Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan: The Contribution of DEC Member Agencies, 2010-2012

Library: ERD   Date published: July 2012

The Economics of Early Response and Disaster Resilience: Lessons from Kenya and Ethiopia

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2012

Pakistan's Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme - Effectiveness Review Full Technical Report

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2012

Understanding community resilience and program factors that strengthen them

A comprehensive study of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies tsunami operation

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2012

Makati City: Facing Risks and Increasing Resilience

Library: General   Date published: May 2012

Integrative Risk Management - A Holistic Approach

Library: General   Date published: May 2012

Urban Planning and the Risk of Disasters: A Content Analysis of Planning Documents from Major Urban Areas in Japan and Canada

Library: General   Date published: May 2012

New challenges for risk and vulnerability assessment

Library: General   Date published: May 2012

Analysis of Urban Risks as Transition Drivers in Adaptive Cycles of Urban Mosaics

Library: General   Date published: May 2012

Flood Risk Management and Urban Resilience Workshop

Library: General   Date published: May 2012

Programmatic directions for the RCRC in building urban community resilience in the Asia Pacific Region

Library: General   Date published: April 2012

Collective Actions for Resilient Urban Areas

Library: General   Date published: April 2012

Risk in Indian Cities

AIDMI's Urban Risk Reduction Initiatives

Library: ERD   Date published: March 2012

External Evaluation Project : "Fortalecimiento de la Gestión de los riesgos de desastres en 12 Municipios de las provincias de Las Tunas y Camagüey, Cuba"

Library: ERD   Date published: March 2012

A practical guide to Local Self Assessment in Disaster Risk Reduction through the LG-SAT

Library: General   Date published: March 2012

Drought Contingency Plans and Planning in the Greater Horn of Africa

A desktop review of the effectiveness of drought contingency plans and planning in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia

Library: ERD   Date published: February 2012

Impact of Conflict on Pastoral Communities' Resilience in the Horn of Africa: Case Studies from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

Library: ERD   Date published: February 2012

Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century

Library: General   Date published: 2012

From Vulnerability to Resilience: A handbook for programming design based on field experience in Nepal

Library: General   Date published: 2012

Learning from megadisasters knowledge notes

Library: General   Date published: 2012

Africa Informs: Special Issue on Drought 2012

Library: General   Date published: 2012

Good Practice Principles on Community Development for Use in DRR in the Drylands of the Horn of Africa

Library: General   Date published: January 2012

Disaster Reduction in Africa: Special Issue on Drought Risk Reduction 2012

Library: General   Date published: 2012

Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa

Synthesis of an evidence-based workshop

Library: General   Date published: December 2011

No time for doubt: Tackling urban risk

A glance at urban interventions by Red Cross Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Library: ERD   Date published: December 2011

Disaster risk reduction in the drylands of the Horn of Africa

Good Practice Examples from the ECHO Drought Cycle Management Partners and Beyond

Library: ERD   Date published: December 2011

Resilient Livelihoods: Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security

Library: ERD   Date published: November 2011

Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Settings: From Theory to Practice

Library: General   Date published: October 2011

Investing in Drought Preparedness

Library: General   Date published: October 2011

Key determinants of a successful CBDRR programme

Library: General   Date published: September 2011

External Evaluation Project: "Building disaster prepared and resilient communities in Kasi district, Vientiane province"

Library: ERD   Date published: September 2011

Final Evaluation of the Somriddhi Project in Bangladesh

Implemented by Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Bangladesh, Funded by USAID

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2011

Ecosystems, Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in India

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2011

Improving Performance in DRR: Lessons from Humanitarian Aid and Ways Forward

Presentation to ISDR Global Platform on DRR

Library: General   Date published: 8 May 2011

Disaster Risk Reduction in International Cooperation: Switzerland's Contribution to the Protection of Lives and Livelihoods

Library: ERD   Date published: April 2011

Real-time evaluation of humanitarian action supported by DG ECHO in Haiti

Library: ERD   Date published: April 2011

Approaches in Disaster Risk Reduction

A summary of learning from evaluation of different DRR Projects in India

Library: ERD   Date published: March 2011

Urban disasters - lessons from Haiti

Study of member agencies' responses to the earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti, January 2010

Library: ERD   Date published: 7 March 2011

Seismic Resistant Retrofitting for Buildings

Library: General   Date published: February 2011

Evaluación Final Externa Proyecto: Fortalecimiento de capacidades comunales y municipales en el Área Metropolitana de San Salvador como parte de estrategias nacionales y regionales para la reducción de riesgos y preparación de respuesta a desastres

Library: ERD   Date published: February 2011

Risk Reduction Index (RRI)

Analysis of the capacities and conditions for disaster risk reduction

Library: ERD   Date published: January 2011

Risk Reduction Index: Analysis of the capacities and conditions for disaster risk reduction. A study of seven Central American and Caribbean Countries

Library: ERD   Date published: January 2011

No time for doubt: Tackling urban risk

A glance at urban interventions by Red Cross Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Library: ERD   Date published: 2011

Using high resolution satellite data for the identification of urban natural disaster risk

Library: General   Date published: 2011

Urban Risk Assessments: An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities

Library: General   Date published: 2011

United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

Library: General   Date published: 2011

Urban Risk Assessment: A Facilitator's Guidebook

Library: General   Date published: 2011

Urban risks: moving from humanitarian responses to disaster prevention

Library: General   Date published: November 2010

Disaster Risk Reduction of Highly Vulnerable Urban Areas through Urban Re-Development Case Study of Barangay Rizal, Makati, Philippines

Library: General   Date published: October 2010

Community-driven disaster intervention: Experiences of the Homeless People's Federation Philippines, Incorporated (HPFPI

Library: ERD   Date published: September 2010

Toolkit for National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa

Library: General   Date published: September 2010

Province of Albay, Philippines: Responding to the Challenge of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Library: General   Date published: July 2010

INFORME DE EVALUACION de los proyectos : Fortalecimiento de la coordinación y las capacidades comunitarias y municipales de preparación para desastres en el Área Metropolitana de San Salvador

Library: ERD   Date published: May 2010

NDMA Newsletter

Library: General   Date published: April 2010

Disaster Risk Reduction

A review of DRR work by DEC Member Agencies in response to the 2004 Tsunami

Library: ERD   Date published: February 2010

The Challenge of Urban Redevelopment in Disaster-affected Communities

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Children on the Frontline: Children and Young People in Disaster Risk Reduction

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Urban Governance and Community Resilience Guide: Our Hazardous Environment

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Urban Governance and Community Resilience Guide: Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Urban Governance and Community Resilience Guide: Risk Assessment in Cities

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Urban Governance and Community Resilience Guide: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Disaster Risk Management in Greater Mumbai

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Local Governments and Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned

Library: General   Date published: 2010

Density and Disasters: Economics of Urban Hazard Risk

Library: General   Date published: December 2009

Density and Disasters: Economics of Urban Hazard Risk

Library: General   Date published: December 2009

Density and Disasters: Economics of Urban Hazard Risk

Library: General   Date published: December 2009

Summary of breakout groups on urban response at the humanitarian shelter and reconstruction forum

Library: General   Date published: November 2009

Disaster Risk Reduction Through Urban Planning

2nd India Disaster Management Congress, 2-4 November 2009

Library: General   Date published: November 2009

Disaster Mitigation Strategies Through Land Use Planning and Zoning in an Urban Context

Library: General   Date published: 1 November 2009

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Planning Practice in Tanzania - Final Project Report

Library: General   Date published: October 2009

Community-Driven Recovery: Cyclone Nargis One Year On

Library: ERD   Date published: September 2009

Drought Cycle Management in arid and semi-arid Kenya: A relevant disaster risk reduction model?

Library: General   Date published: September 2009

Situation Assessment in Villa Nueva: Prospects for an Urban Disaster Risk Reduction Program in Guatemala City's Precarious Settlements

Library: General   Date published: July 2009

Evaluation of the DIPECHO IVth and Vth Action Plans in Central Asia

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2009

Evaluation of Dipecho Action Plans for the Caribbean

Library: ERD   Date published: April 2009

The Livelihood Assessment Toolkit

Analysing and responding to the impact of disasters on the livelihoods of people

Library: General   Date published: April 2009

Practice Review on Innovations in Finance for Disaster Risk Management

Library: General   Date published: March 2009

Thematic overview of Urban Risk Reduction in Asia

Library: General   Date published: March 2009

DRMMP Handbook

Library: General   Date published: March 2009

3cd Program Proposal for the Kathmandu Valley Disaster Risk Management Master Plan (DRMMP)

Library: General   Date published: February 2009

Reducing Urban Risk in Asia: Status Report and Inventory of Initiatives

Library: General   Date published: 2009

Practical experiences of Community Based Disaster Risk Management Planning in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

Library: ERD   Date published: 2009

Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management: Chapter 8 Urban disaster risk management in Kathmandu

Library: General   Date published: 2009

Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction

Library: General   Date published: 2009

Life on the Edge: Urban Social Vulnerability and Decentralized, Citizen-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Four Large Cities of the Pacific Rim

Library: General   Date published: 2009

Urban Development and Intensive and Extensive Risk

Library: General   Date published: 2009

Reducing Urban Risk in Asia: Status Report and Inventory of Initiatives

Library: General   Date published: 2009

Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from Urban Africa

Library: General   Date published: December 2008

Reducing Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Disasters:Focus on institutional structures

Library: General   Date published: December 2008

State-of-the-Practice in Urban Disaster Risk Management

Library: General   Date published: November 2008

Evaluation of the DIPECHO Action Plans in South Asia

Library: ERD   Date published: November 2008

Urban Flood Risk Mitigation in Kalutara City, Sri Lanka

Library: General   Date published: November 2008

Community Empowerment and Disaster Risk Reduction in Chittagong City

Library: General   Date published: November 2008

Evaluation of the OI Capacity Building Initiative (PFC) in CAMEXCA

Library: ERD   Date published: September 2008

Flood Disaster Mitigation and River Rehabilitation by Marikina City, Philippines

Library: General   Date published: August 2008

Evaluation of Disaster Risk Reduction Mainstreaming in DG ECHO's Humanitarian Actions

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2008

23rd Biannual Meeting, UNDP update on disaster risk reduction and early recovery

Library: General   Date published: June 2008

23rd Biannual Meeting, Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network (ADRRN)

Library: General   Date published: June 2008

Evaluation of DIPECHO Action Plans In Central America (1998 - 2007)

Library: ERD   Date published: March 2008

Malawi Churches Partnership Program (MCPP) - Mid-term Review Report

Library: ERD   Date published: February 2008

Uganda Floods - Lessons Learnt Workshop

Library: ERD   Date published: January 2008

The Resilience of New Orleans: Urban and Coastal Adaptation to Disasters and Climate Change

Library: General   Date published: 2008

End-of-Project Evaluation: Southern Thailand Coastal Community Rehabilitation Project (STCCRP) and Social Assistance, Infrastructure and Livelihood Program (SAIL)

Library: ERD   Date published: December 2007

An Evaluation of DG ECHO financed Activities in the Health Sector

Library: ERD   Date published: November 2007

Urbanization and Disaster Risk

Panel contribution to the Population-Environment Research Network Cyberseminar on Population and Natural Hazards (November 2007)

Library: General   Date published: November 2007

Emerging Risks and Approaches for Reducing Vulnerability of the Urban Built Environment

Library: General   Date published: August 2007

Evaluation Report of Special Operation Appeal (SOA 12/2005) Project

Library: ERD   Date published: July 2007

Investigating urban risk accumulation in six countries in Africa

Library: General   Date published: June 2007

Cooperation between Local Authority and Communities

Library: General   Date published: April 2007

External Evaluation of the Protection Standby Capacity Project (PROCAP)

Library: ERD   Date published: March 2007

Tsunami Evaluation Coalition, Consolidated lessons and recommendations from the TEC Synthesis Report and TEC Thematic Evaluations

Library: TEC   Date published: January 2007

Urban and Megacities Disaster Risk Reduction: Manual of Sound Practices

Library: General   Date published: 2007

Urban and Megacities Disaster Risk Reduction: Manual of Sound Practices

Library: General   Date published: 2007

Risk reduction and emergency preparedness

WHO six-year strategy for the health sector and community capacity development

Library: General   Date published: 2007

Managing Urban Disaster Risk: Analysis and Adaptation Frameworks for Integrated Settlement Development Programming for the Urban Poor

Library: General   Date published: 2007

20th Biannual Meeting, Concept Note

Library: General   Date published: December 2006

20th Biannual Meeting, Meeting Report

Library: General   Date published: December 2006

20th Biannual Meeting, TEC Recommendations Matrix, Disaster Risk Reduction

Library: General   Date published: December 2006

20th Biannual Meeting, TEC Recommendations Matrix, Ownership

Library: General   Date published: December 2006

20th Biannual Meeting, Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop

Library: General   Date published: December 2006

Habitat Debate Volume 12:4

Library: General   Date published: December 2006

Disaster Risk Reduction of Mega-Urban Regions

Library: General   Date published: November 2006

Humanitarian Exchange 35: Humanitarian Action in Urban Contexts

Library: General   Date published: November 2006

Disaster Risk Management Master Plan Implementation in Kathmandu Valley - Field Trip 3 Report

Library: General   Date published: November 2006

Application of Indicators in Urban and Megacities Disaster Risk Management: A Case Study of Metro Manila

Library: General   Date published: September 2006

Participatory Urban Risk Management: Action Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development

Library: General   Date published: July 2006

Links between relief, rehabilitation and development in the tsunami response

Library: ERD   Date published: July 2006

Disaster Risk Management Profile: Tehran, Iran

Library: General   Date published: July 2006

Disaster Risk Management Profile: Amman, Jordan

Library: General   Date published: July 2006

Disaster Risk Management Profile: Mexico City

Library: General   Date published: July 2006

Disaster Risk Management Profile: Seoul, Republic of Korea

Library: General   Date published: July 2006

Dhaka, Bangladesh Disaster Risk Management Profile

Library: General   Date published: July 2006

Bogotá, Colombia Disaster Risk Management Profile

Library: General   Date published: July 2006

Evaluation of DIPECHO Action Plans in Central Asia

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2006

19th Biannual Meeting, The Regional Risk Transfer Initiative: Is Afro-Asian link possible?

Library: General   Date published: June 2006

Community-based Earthquake Risk Management in Dhaka City

Library: General   Date published: May 2006

Kobe, Japan Disaster Risk Management Profile

Library: General   Date published: April 2006

Integrating Risk Reduction,Urban Planning and Housing: Lessons from El Salvador

Library: General   Date published: March 2006

Holistic Evaluation of the Seismic Risk for Metro Manila

Library: General   Date published: February 2006

Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development

An IEG evaluation of World Bank assistance for natural disasters

Library: ERD   Date published: 2006

Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Project Phase II Evaluation

Library: ERD   Date published: 2006

Towards A United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Programme for Disaster Response And Reduction: Lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

Library: ERD   Date published: 2006

Mainstreaming risk reduction in urban planning and housing: a challenge for international aid organisations

Library: General   Date published: 2006

Community-Based Disaster Risk Management for Local Authorities

Participant's Workbook

Library: General   Date published: 2006

Managing Urban Disasters

Library: General   Date published: 2006

Local Administration and Risk Management

Library: General   Date published: 2006

Earthquake Insurance in Turkey

History of the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool

Library: General   Date published: 2006

18th Biannual Meeting, Frequently Asked Questions: The Emergency Capacity Building Project’s Accountability and Impact Measurement Initiative

Library: General   Date published: December 2005

Disaster Risk Management Profile: Mumbai, India

Library: General   Date published: October 2005

Istanbul, Turkey Disaster Risk Management Profile

Library: General   Date published: October 2005

Project Definition in Kathmandu Valley

Library: General   Date published: September 2005

Humanitarian Response Review

Library: ERD   Date published: August 2005

Metropolitan Manila, The Philippines: Disaster Risk Management Profile

Library: General   Date published: August 2005

Disaster Risk Management Profile: Quito, Ecuador

Library: General   Date published: August 2005

Disaster Risk Management Profile: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Library: General   Date published: August 2005

External Evaluation of the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2005

What is the Appropriate Mitigation Mix? Structural and non-structural mitigation in Hat Yai, Thailand

Library: General   Date published: March 2005

10 Lessons Learned from the South Asia Tsunami of 26 December 2004

Library: TEC   Date published: January 2005

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Metropolitan Planning: The Case of Metro Manila, Philippines

Library: General   Date published: 2005

Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management in a Megacity Context: the Case of Manila, Philippines

Library: General   Date published: 2005

Evaluation of the risk management performance

Library: General   Date published: 2005

The Evaluation of DIPECHO Action Plans in the Caribbean Region

Library: ERD   Date published: December 2004

Lao Urban Fire Risk Assessment Mapping in Luangprabang City

Library: General   Date published: December 2004

Towards Technological Hazard Risk Reduction in Ahmedabad

Library: General   Date published: December 2004

Comparative Study of Institutional Arrangements in Urban Disaster Reduction Management

Library: General   Date published: November 2004

Disaster Prevention in Urban Environments

Library: General   Date published: September 2004

Reducing Fire Threats to Homes: Piloting Community-based Fire Risk Assessment in Ban Hatsady Village

Library: General   Date published: July 2004

Urban Vulnerability in Afghanistan:

Library: General   Date published: May 2004

Cuba - Weathering the Storm: Lessons in Risk Reduction from Cuba

Library: ERD   Date published: 2004

Overall Evaluation of ECHO's Strategic Orientation to Disaster Reduction

Library: ERD   Date published: December 2003

Promotion of Disaster Mitigation in Sri Lanka

Library: General   Date published: October 2003

Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies

Library: ERD   Date published: September 2003

Risk Management for Local Sustainable Development

Project Evaluation

Library: ERD   Date published: September 2003

Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Sri Lanka

Library: General   Date published: June 2003

From everyday hazards to disasters: the accumulation of risk in urban areas

Library: General   Date published: April 2003

Building Safer Cities: The Future of Disaster Risk

Library: General   Date published: 2003

Workshop on Safe Shelter in Vietnam

Library: General   Date published: September 2002

Emergency Program to Assist the Vulnerable People in LIBAN Woreda, Borena Zone of Oromia Regional State and FILTU Woreda, Liben Zone of Somali Regional State

Library: ERD   Date published: June 2002

Disaster Risk Management: Working Concept

Library: General   Date published: April 2002

Naga City Disaster Mitigation Plan

Library: General   Date published: August 2001

Evaluation of 11 ECHO Operations in the frame of the First DIPECHO Action Plan for the Andean Community

Final Report - Synthesis

Library: ERD   Date published: July 2001

Peru, Alliance Earthquake Response

Library: ERD   Date published: January 2001

Evaluation of the DIPECHO Action plans implemented in the Caribbean

Library: ERD   Date published: 2001

Disaster mitigation in landslide and flood prone areas of Bogota

Library: ERD   Date published: 2001

Integrating Natural Hazards in the Planning Process: Risk Control Planning Workbook

Library: General   Date published: January 2000

Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program Regional Sharing Workshop

Library: General   Date published: May 1999

Results Management in Norwegian Development Cooperation: A Practical Guide

Library: General   Date published: 1 January 1998

Improving African and International Capabilities for Preventing and Resolving Violent Conflict

The Great Lakes Region Crisis

Library: ERD   Date published: July 1997

Evaluation of Norwegian Assistance to Prevent and Control HIV/AIDS

Library: ERD   Date published: April 1997

Reducing risk as a tool for urban improvement: the Caqueta ravine, Lima, Peru

Library: General   Date published: 1997

Disaster Reduction in Urban Areas

Library: General   Date published: July 1995

Disaster Reduction in Urban Areas

Library: General   Date published: July 1995

Climate Resilient and Sustainable Urban Development

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Preparation of Risk Maps

Library: General  

Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor

Library: General  

Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation

Library: General  

Community Based Approaches to Disaster Mitigation

Library: General  

Urban Risk Assessment Training Course

Library: General  

RADIUS: Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas against Seismic Disasters

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Multi-hazard Risk Assessment Using GIS in Urban Areas: A Case Study for the City of Turrialba, Costa Rica

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Flooding and Landslide Risk Reduction in Quito

Library: General  

Urban Disaster Management: A Case Study of Earthquake Risk Assessment in Cartago, Costa Rica

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Comparative Analysis of Disaster Risk Management Practices in Seven Megacities

Library: General