Responding to natural disasters
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- What is the role of the affected state in disaster response?
- ( P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI , 2009)
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This brief asserts that research relating to humanitarian crises has largely focused on what international aid agencies and donor governments do in response to disasters. Much less attention h...
- Integrating gender issues in humanitarian responses to conflicts and emergencies
- ( United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , 2006)
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In the rush to provide humanitarian response when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts, paying specific attention to gender issues may seem irrelevant. This handbook sets forth standards for the in...
- Asking the right questions about climate change risks and effects
- ( M. Van Aalst;M. Helmer;C. de Jong;et al. / Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness , 2007)
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The Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Guide puts forward experiences of more than forty National Societies who in the last five years have started to address climate change in their work. The guide ...
How has India responded to national natural disasters?
- ( G. Price;M. Bhatt / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI , 2009)
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India is one of the largest and most vulnerable countries, in terms of exposure to natural hazards including floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis or droughts. Reported direct losses from natural...
Combating disasters: a focus on early warning, early action
- ( A. Collins;N. Maunde;M. McNabb / International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , 2009)
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This report focuses on two key aspects of disaster risk reduction: early warning and early action. The author states that the decline in injuries, loss of livelihoods and deaths from disasters over...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- ( A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2008)
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Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much hi...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- ( A.B. Shrestha;S.H. Shah;R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2008)
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Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people ...
- Disaster risk reduction: gender and livelihoods
- ( A. Giuliani (ed);R. Wenger (ed);S. Wymann von Dach (ed) / InfoResources , 2009)
- This paper highlights gender as a very important factor in determining vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The degree of vulnerability to disaster is determined by social variabl...
- Decentralised disaster risk management training
- ( Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction , 2009)
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The concept of decentralised disaster risk management (DDRM) derives its insights from community-based disaster management (CBDM) in South Asia. As well as community ownership and leadership i...
- Is index insurance an effective tool to manage climate-related disasters?
- ( M., E. Hellmuth (ed);D., E. Osgood (ed);A. Moorhead (ed) / International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University , 2009)
- The climate has always presented a challenge to those whose livelihoods depend on it. For poor people, a variable climate presents a risk that can critically restrict options and so limit development....
