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Displaying 15 of about 35 resultsPrizesFirst Prize - $500 | Second Prize - $350 | Third Prize - $150About the competitionThe “Words of Resilience: Youth Perspectives on Urban Flood Solutions” project is undertaken to address the pressing challenge of urban flooding, a consequence of climate change, rapid urbanization, and inadequate risk reduction infrastructure.As cities continue to e…
Resilience is a process in which communities collectively respond to significant events, using various coping and adaptive capacities. This scenario has mobilized reflections and strategies on the need to build resilient and regenerative cities with the capacity to recover from disasters and sustainably adapt to changes. The ecosystemic view of resilien…
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean (UNDRR-ROAMC) invite MCR2030 Local governments and participating entities to share good practices and lessons learned on local governments engagement and Collaboration with their local communities for disaster risk red…
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled, 'First SFDRR Aligned National Disaster Management Plan'. In June 2016, India launched its first National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) with the aim of improving the country's resilience to disasters and reducing the loss of lives and assets. This issue highlights the importance of the NDMP and…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 135, August 2015:
“It is smart to be safe” said Mihir R. Bhatt at 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, IDRiM – TIFAC 2015 “Disaster Risk Reduction: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Growth”. This was during the panel session on "Nepal: Beyond Disasters: B…
Chennai, one of the 4 metropolitan cities in India has become more vulnerable to disasters both natural and human-induced. It necessitates the culture of preparedness and resilience building at community and school levels to reduce vulnerabilities of the urban slum population. Slums are the manifestations of poverty and human struggle for shelter and se…
By Bijeesha Budhathoki
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With the fellowship, the fellows say they helped 14 local governments across Nepal localise the centrally-available data management portal, BIPAD, so that they would be able to use the knowledge for better preparedness. In the meantime, the organisers hope for its expansion across the country.
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All DRR fellows from…
🏆 Prizes: First Prize - $500 | Second Prize - $350 | Third Prize - $150📣Calling all young minds!📣Youth4DRR is excited to announce the launch of our essay competition, "Words of Resilience: Youth Perspectives on Urban Flood Solutions".We believe in the power of young voices to drive change and innovation! If you're aged 18-30 and a citizen of a Southeast…
Save the Children, in partnership with the C&A Foundation and C&A, has supported a global research programme focusing on children and on urban resilience. We have produced over 30 publications categorised into 10 research topics and 3 themes. In this animated video for children, Dev and Cam teach young viewers important key messages that came ou…
When it comes to climate change, Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone and vulnerable countries in the world. Climate change is amplifying its vulnerability to hydro-meteorological disasters and also results in food insecurity.
The country is considered to be one of the most vulnerable to climate change because of its disadvantageous geographic…
Save the Children is proud to present this webinar as part of their Disaster Risk Reduction & Education Research Webinar Series, sponsored by the C&A Foundation. Newcastle University was commissioned by Save the Children to investigate the critical factors for educational continuity in urban floods in South and Southeast Asia.
The research stud…
To help develop Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction (CCDRR) in urban areas, this report provides new elements for practitioners to better use Hazards, Vulnerabilities, and Capacities Assessment (HVCA) tools. In youth groups and in urban contexts, a wide range of HVCA methods and toolkits are already being used. Despite examples of good practice, more…
This issue explore how India has developed their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by accepting the need of investing in Green Technologies. Overall, this issue highlights the importance of what India can, should, and will do in order to develop a disaster-resilient society.
This issue gives special attention to the future Structural…
Youth are an integral part of our societies and resilient communities can’t exist if they are not involved in DRR strategies and policies. In the metropolitan area of Naples, not involving youth means excluding over a third of the whole population.
In what is potentially the most dangerous territory of Europe, youth engagement in disaster risk red…
Education Safe From Disasters Research
Urban Child-centred HVC assessment and planning tools
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs i…