Contribution to Change

Roger Few, Daniel McAvoy, Marcela Tarazona, Vivien Margaret Walden

As the number of people affected by disasters has risen, so have the expectations placed on humanitarian agencies by donors, the public and the affected populations themselves. Agencies must now provide evidence of impact of their interventions. But applying conventional evaluation methods can pose...

Preparation of Risk Maps

This document looks at risk map usage in the emergency preparedness project in Peru, recognising that more comprehensive risk-reduction strategies are constantly emerging.

Hacia la Resiliencia

Marilise Turnbull, Charlotte Sterrett, Amy Hilleboe

Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is an introductory resource for development and humanitarian practitioners working with populations at risk of disasters and other impacts of climate change. It is aimed at program management, advisory and technical...

Toward Resilience

Marilise Turnbull, Charlotte Sterrett, Amy Hilleboe

Toward Resilience is an introductory resource for development and humanitarian practitioners working with populations at risk of disasters and other impacts of climate change. It is aimed at program management, advisory and technical staff of development and humanitarian organizations, and seeks to...

Vers la Résilience

Marilise Turnbull, Charlotte Sterrett, Amy Hilleboe

Vers Résilience: Un guide pour la réduction des risques de catastrophes et adaptation au changement climatique est une ressource d'introduction pour le développement et les acteurs humanitaires travaillant avec les populations à risque de catastrophes et autres impacts du changement climatique. Il e...

Rainwater Harvesting During Reconstruction

Overview of rainwater harvesting technologies and how they can be considered in the reconstruction process.

Water Supply During Emergencies

Overview of options for water supply in an emergency context, with relation to people-centred reconstruction principles.

EMMA: le guide pratique

Mike Albu

Markets are a crucial component of how people survive. Understanding how markets are disrupted in emergencies is critical to any analysis of hunger, and to food and livelihood security. The Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit (EMMA) is a guidance manual to assist front-line staff to make r...

From Vulnerability to Resilience

Katherine Pasteur

From Vulnerability to Resilience – V2R – is a framework for analysis and action to reduce vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of individuals, households and communities. The framework sets out the key factors that contribute to peoples’ vulnerability, namely, exposure to hazards and stresses...

Practitioners handbook for establishing community based early warning systems

This Practitioner's Handbook on Community Based Early Warning System is an effort to put together the early warning learning experiences from the field and communities in Nepal for wider uses for establishment of community based Early Warning Systems (EWS) in flood prone areas of Nepal.