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Displaying 15 of about 30 resultsHabitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is seeking a talented professional for the role of Community Development Specialist. The Community Development Specialist plays a key role in developing and implementing community engagement and support strategies, open and transparent accountability and feedback mechanisms, developing community capacity, and de…
Kathmandu is the world’s most seismically at-risk urban area. As a result, beginning in November 2012, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the World Bank launched the Open Cities Kathmandu Project. Through this project, university students, volunteers, and government officials were trained to digitally map their communiti…
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…
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Some of Asia’s most important economies have the highest risk from the threat of natural hazards, due to the exposure of their cities and trading hubs to events such as flooding, earthquakes and tropical cyclones, according to the Natural Hazards Risk Atlas released by risk analysis company Maplecroft.
Bangladesh, the Philippines, Myan…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
General Description of the Programme
GOAL’s programmes in Haiti operate in both the urban and rural context in Port au Prince and Gressier respectively. The overall goal of the programme is to provide support to families affected by the earthquake in Haiti whilst developing longer term sustainable solutions to specific issues effecting both the rural a…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
OCHA is the arm of the UN Secretariat that is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort. OCHA's mission is to mobil…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
A guidance note for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in sustainable reconstruction and development planning
This guidance note was drafted to document lessons learned in the three project countries (Nepal, Sri Lanka, Côte d'Ivoire) and in doing so, it provides a step-by-step practical guide for countries in post-cr…
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
The devastation caused by Haiti’s January 12 earthquake underscores the need to operationalize the principle of disaster risk reduction and to incorporate disaster mitigation into all aspects of reconstruction. Rebuilding efforts must not only focus on providing shelter and services but also on strengthening t…
Introducing mass movement hazard map in valley master plan to build back better
The implementation of the Sendai Framework recommendations for building back better in remote valleys of Nepal faces multiple challenges. The French NGO Architecture & Développement is piloting a project covering three districts in the Sindhupalchok district, 70 km Nort…
By Justin Petrone
A new study of the 2015 earthquake that shook Nepal, killing roughly 9,000 people, shows that this Himalayan country may have been spared greater destruction due to a lack of surface ruptures as well as the prevalence of high-grade metamorphic and intrusive igneous rocks.
Using satellite images of the disaster zone, a team of scienti…
AfricaGIS is the largest regularly occurring GIS conference in Africa with participants from the entirety of the continent. The GSDI World Conference has built a reputation for excellence in content and moves across the globe to offer geospatial specialists in all parts of the world opportunities to better exchange ideas and learn from global peers in b…
Objectives:
Main objective of the event is to exploit the international expertise for enhancing professional capacity to contribute in the effort of DRR in the situation like currently in Nepal. The event further aims to explore opportunities for strengthening and promoting good practices in professional geospatial education and advancing spatial data…
The conference will aim for a common understanding of the new tropical cyclone surge pattern and its potential impacts, and for examining different cyclone risk reduction options or models to increase readiness and awareness of countries, local authorities and communities. Elements at risk include the most vulnerable people, livelihoods, and infrastruct…