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This report addresses the creation and purpose of the National Platform for DRR in Indonesia.
These guidelines have been designed to help those involved in the assessment of emergency water sources to collect relevant information in a systematic way, to use this information to select a...
The project aims to reduce constrains imposed by inappropriate legislation and unsuitable procedures and their negative impact on the livelihoods of the urban poor. The stated goal and purpose of...
This Guide can be used as reference material to consult and gain essential background understanding of the concepts of livelihoods centred approaches to DRR (Part A) It can be used to understand...
An update of DFID funded shelter projects with IOM & partners, Heritage Foundation and HANDS in southern Sindh, Pakistan October, 2012
People need information as much as water, food, medicine or shelter. Information can save lives, livelihoods and resources. It may be the only form of disaster preparedness that the most...
This paper, commissioned by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, is one of a range of studies designed to contribute to lesson learning within the humanitarian reform agenda....
A summary assessment of the evidence underlying the impact of the four main Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions on diarrhoea according to seven ‘points of view’ is also scored as ‘...
This presentation illustrated alterations made to dramatically improve canvas tents issued for immediate shelter and the conclusion of a durability test between two water containers. Both had been...
The purpose of this work is to support this agenda by providing the first step towards: a solid evidence base on the cost effectiveness of building resilience to disasters as compared with the...