Community-based DRR

The main purpose of this publication is to reflect in one document recovery assistance and services available to victims of a disaster incident.

Issue 46

In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, national authorities across the Indian ocean region were charged, among other things, with developing tsunami information, awareness, education and resource materials for the media, schools, decision-makers

Development Dialogue: columnist Nora O. Gamolo cites an example of good disaster management practice, but calls for more action from government to communities-at-large to better prepare...

The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Guide presents five years of experiences from more than 30 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, in particular in developing countries. It relates the experiences of Red Cross/Red Crescent staff and volunteers

Editors: Marcus Moench and Ajaya Dixit

This book provides initial insights from an ongoing ISET programme on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in South Asia. The study is being undertaken in the Nepal Tarai, Eastern Uttar Pradesh

The California Seismic Safety Commission collected mitigation success stories to demonstrate that effective earthquake risk reduction programs can be successfully implemented by public or private organizations. Five examples include: East Bay Municipal

The reconstruction programme gives priority to families whose homes were completely destroyed by the floods and has introduced a new technique for reinforcing foundations and making homes more resilient.

This report is based on a habitat mapping study of the Chinnankudi village in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, South India. It was carried out by a team of architects, students, engineers and planners. The field visits, which included a series of