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Displaying 14 of about 14 resultsThis document aims to provide a more in-depth understanding of how gender informs environment-related vulnerabilities, and the impact of climate change and disaster risks on different groups of women’s and men’s lives and livelihoods in Cambodia.
The project has analyzed existing data and maps in order to understand environmental factors and resi…
This document reports on a workshop addressing the problems and impacts of floods and aiming to provide more understandable and action-oriented information to policymakers in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region (Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka), in order to develop a regional road map…
This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). It represents a distillation of the wealth of experience that exists throughout the world on how to manage and reduce disaster risks. The Guide can help state…
This guidance note gives detailed stepwise guidance on how to undertake a gender analysis that will inform the production of GIS applications. It includes potential parameters and sample indicators for gender-disaggregated data collection and offers practical advice on possible types and sources of gender-related data and information to integrate with G…
This manual is designed to help build the capacity of trainers in flash flood risk management, who can then disseminate the knowledge to a larger number of practitioners. The manual presents an eight-day course including a three-day field trip. Detailed lesson plans for 21 sessions are followed by resource materials that will enable the trainers to repl…
Arab human development report research paper series:
This report aims to present a comprehensive desk review and mapping exercise for an overview of the impact of climate change on the Arab region. It presents an assessment of projected impacts, vulnerability and adaptation of the Arab region in terms of change of (i) temperature and precipitation pat…
This book provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development.
Natural hazards can affect anyone,…
This brochure reports on the observation of the 2012 Disaster Reduction Day, observed on 10th October and focusing national attention on the issue of school safety. It highlights the need to create school safety plans in India, motivates school children towards a disaster resilient environment and encourages people and governments to actively participat…
These guidelines are oriented to the needs of the decision-makers and provide a description of the range of mitigation options that need to be considered when making efforts to reduce losses from flooding. They are designed to introduce the reader to various measures to mitigate the impacts associated with floods. Includes four case-studies annexed: 1)…
This paper introduces a methodology that provides a set of tools to operationalize the Disaster Resistant Sustainable Livelihood (DRSL) Adaptive Livelihood framework (ALF) and build the adaptive capacity of communities. It is categorized under three different themes: (i) assessing the community’s overall risk context through disaster prioritization matr…
This publication reports on the discussions and outcomes from the Second India Disaster Management Congress organized by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), India and held on 4-6 November, 2009 in New Delhi. The report presents a total of 26 technical sessions organized around 13 thematic clusters, including sessions on:
-- Earthquake
-- M…
This document is the outcome document of the Rio+20 conference, adopted by the Heads of State and Government and high-level representatives from more than 190 countries on June 22, 2012.
The following parts from the Thematic areas and cross-sectoral issues section address disaster risk reduction:
As part of Food security and nutrition and sustainable…
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The purpose of this document is to describe the thematic classification system that has been developed, with the aim of promoting a better understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the development of an internationally recognized information classification and exchange standard. It is hoped that a clear set of…
Project period March-December, 2009:
This document reports on the Community Disaster Resilience Fund (CDRF) project implemented in several districts of Orissa, which aimed to channel resources directly to at-risk communities, particularly grassroots women groups, to support them in initiating and scaling up effective grassroots Disaster Risk Reduction…