Conflict and disasters
- Learning the Lessons? Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future
- Oxfam, 2013
- In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis began to unfold, many governments, donors and aid age...
- Development of sustainable enterprise among internally displaced persons
- Abdelnour S.; Badri B.; Jack A. / York University, Canada, 2008
- As humanitarian, political and development challenges continue to mount, organisations and communities within Sudan must recognise, utilise and strengthen existing capacities for their own development. Recognizing the complexity of th...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- 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 higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- 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 with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- 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 variables like gender, age, health status...
- What are the impacts of disarmament on nomadic livelihoods?
- E. Stites; D. Akabwai / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
- This report examines the role of disarmament policies in changes in livelihood systems of the population in the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda. The following topics are covered: Disarmament and human righ...
- Disaster Risk Reduction: children speak out
- D. Walden; N. Hall; A. Spalton / Plan, 2009
- Children and young people are particularly vulnerable to disasters - one in every three survivors of the Indian Ocean Tsunami were women or children under the age of 15. However, research has shown - see the 2007 UNISDR repo...
- Climate change could fuel further conflict in the Middle East
- O. Brown; A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2009
- Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply. This report...
- How has conflict affected livelihoods and remittances in Darfur?
- H. Young; K. Jacobsen; A. Osman / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
- In conflict zones where displacement and insecurity undermine people’s ability to pursue livelihoods, links with Diaspora and the remittances they send are an important source of support. This briefing paper discusses findings f...
- How can livelihoods be supported in the midst of humanitarian crisis?
- J.R. Austin (ed) (ed); T. Morris / Women's Refugee Commission, 2009
- Although necessary, emergency relief can only fulfil a limited role. For those that are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods aid must be provided for displaced persons to garner skills, training and economic oppo...
- Learning the Lessons? Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future
- Oxfam, 2013
- In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis began to unfold, many governments, donors and aid age...
- Development of sustainable enterprise among internally displaced persons
- Abdelnour S.; Badri B.; Jack A. / York University, Canada, 2008
- As humanitarian, political and development challenges continue to mount, organisations and communities within Sudan must recognise, utilise and strengthen existing capacities for their own development. Recognizing the complexity of th...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- 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 higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- 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 with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- 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 variables like gender, age, health status...
- What are the impacts of disarmament on nomadic livelihoods?
- E. Stites; D. Akabwai / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
- This report examines the role of disarmament policies in changes in livelihood systems of the population in the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda. The following topics are covered: Disarmament and human righ...
- Disaster Risk Reduction: children speak out
- D. Walden; N. Hall; A. Spalton / Plan, 2009
- Children and young people are particularly vulnerable to disasters - one in every three survivors of the Indian Ocean Tsunami were women or children under the age of 15. However, research has shown - see the 2007 UNISDR repo...
- Climate change could fuel further conflict in the Middle East
- O. Brown; A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2009
- Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply. This report...
- How has conflict affected livelihoods and remittances in Darfur?
- H. Young; K. Jacobsen; A. Osman / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
- In conflict zones where displacement and insecurity undermine people’s ability to pursue livelihoods, links with Diaspora and the remittances they send are an important source of support. This briefing paper discusses findings f...
- How can livelihoods be supported in the midst of humanitarian crisis?
- J.R. Austin (ed) (ed); T. Morris / Women's Refugee Commission, 2009
- Although necessary, emergency relief can only fulfil a limited role. For those that are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods aid must be provided for displaced persons to garner skills, training and economic oppo...
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