Concern Worldwide’s Research on Indicators for Urban Emergencies

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Author(s)
Chaudhuri, J. et al.
Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
06 Feb 2015
Publisher
Concern
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Early warning, Food and nutrition, Food security, Targeting, Identification and Profiling, Urban
Countries
Kenya
Organisations
Concern
Link
https://www.concern.net/en/resources/research-indicators-urban-emergencies-kenya

Born out of the growing interest in predicting and averting urban food security crises. Concern Worldwide has implemented the “indicator development for surveillance of urban emergencies” (IDSUE), a study funded by the United States Agency for International Development – Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. The central question that IDSUE seeks to address is: How do we know when a situation has gone from chronic poverty to an acute crisis in an urban slum?