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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...
Assessment of human rights issues in the immediate aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami. Meetings in Sri Lanka and Thailand assessed the specific situations in these countries; they were...
These guidelines are aimed at assisting all stakeholders, including governments and humanitarian and development organisations, in agreeing and implementing together integrated strategies for...
These guidelines are intended as a multi-sectorial tool for assistance to people affected by conflict and natural disaster, both as displaced individuals and as host communities. Particular...
Risk management is inspired by the anticipated reduction oflosses (human and material) that natural hazards may cause inthe future. It is a policy by means of which the possibility oflosses is...
The report looks at disasters primarily through an economic lens. Economists emphasize self-interest to explain how people choose the amount of prevention, insurance, and coping. But lenses can...
The speaker presented an overview of the work undertaken by the Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) and the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Emergency Shelter Working Group including:
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This pocket guide, based on the model of a "quick start manual", is part of a series covering activities to be implemented in the first phase of an emergency (0 to 3 months).
This article looks at the interaction between the
humanitarian community and the Pakistan military in responding to the 2010
floods in order to identify key successes and challenges....