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Describes the INSARAG methodology for international urban search and rescue (USAR) operations and the policy that underpins it. It describes INSARAG and how it operates, the roles of affected...
The USAID Policy for Localisation of Humanitarian Assistance outlines USAID’s phased trajectory for advancing the localization of humanitarian assistance over the next five years, from 2023...
This Programme Policy has been developed to guide the Nowegian Refugee Council (NRC) in its development and implementation of programme activities - saving lives, alleviating suffering, upholind...
The goal of this report is to serve as a primer on the needs of persons with disabilities in disasters and emergencies, and to provide a comprehensive compilation of effective policies, practices...
This Special Issue aims to serve as a platform to assemble recent and innovative research findings relating to resilience and sustainability in the architectural and urban planning fields, and...
Disasters have an enormous and significant negative impact on development of key sectors of economy like agriculture, infrastructure, housing, health, and education and above all the environment,...
This HPG Briefing Paper examines the idea and practice of coherence between political and humanitarian action. It concludes that the present emphasis on integration of these two policy domains is...
"Thirteen years after he was deposed and sent into exile by a military coup, Nawaz
Sharif has returned to power in Pakistan. On 11 May 2013, contrary to opinion
poll predictions...
In recent years, earthquakes have shaken Japan, China, Indonesia and Haiti; flooding has swamped Pakistan and the Mississippi Delta; hurricanes have tested New Orleans and the Gulf Coast; and...
