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Thiscase study submitted by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centerto the Food Agricultural Organization deals with natural calamities in the Philippines. It also analyses the disaster risk...
This case study seeks to understand how local pastoral communities could play in the management of drought in Iran. It begins with an examination of the range of organisations that are involved in...
This report summarizes the results of a study commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2007 that captures: the status of Indonesia’s institutional, policy and legal...
At national level in most developing countries, hygiene and sanitation do not yet receive much attention, despite important health implications. The aim of this report is to explore the underlying...
Water is essential for human survival and progress. In the Pacific, countries face a range of unique challenges resulting from the islands' size, topography, geology, location, and climate....
This case study examines the role of the affected state in humanitarian action. The following sections of this report provide a brief overview of the disaster itself and place this within the...
Pakistan is a particularly relevant case study for
the research into the role of the affected state in
humanitarian action. It has suffered from two
major natural disasters...
The project evaluation methodology used by the Office of Evaluation (OE) seeks to evaluate
impact on rural poverty in terms of six impact domains and three overarching factors, some of which...
It examines the political, economic and legal issues of land and tenure reforms, and highlights the importance of developing and consolidating a solid and flexible legal institutional framework...
Based on actual surveys after earthquakes in Taiwan, study maps behavior of populations during and after earthquakes. Important for shelter is how population distributed themselves amongst...