This paper was written for those involved in planning and implementing relief and early recovery operations in urban areas. Focusing mainly on earthquakes and flooding, it attempts to capture what is...
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Urban Humanitarian Response Portal now live
ALNAP and UN-Habitat have just launched an Urban Humanitarian Response Portal - a knowledge sharing platform, with a focus on disaster preparedness, relief and early recovery in urban crises. It...
Meeting the Urban Challenge: Adapting Humanitarian Efforts to an Urban World
I. INTRODUCTION This document provides an overview of current thinking and emerging good practice related to humanitarian action in an urban environment. It is based on the discussions held at the...
The State of the Humanitarian System 2012
Executive summary This report presents a system-level mapping and analysis of the performance of international humanitarian assistance. The pilot report on the State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS)...
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Save the Children Emergency Response to the Ivorian Crisis in Liberia
Implementation Political insecurity, persecution and violence stemming from the disputed presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire led to a massive influx of up to 178,000 Ivoirians seeking refuge in...
Exploiter le potentiel de l’évaluation de l’action humanitaire - Initiative pour une meilleure compréhension et un meilleur usage de l’évaluation
INTRODUCTION Contexte Au cours des quelques dernières années, ALNAP a consacré plus d’efforts aux évaluations de l’action humanitaire (EAH) qu’à aucune autre période de son histoire. Parmi ces...
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L'action humanitaire dans les urgences liées à la sécheresse
LEÇON 1 La sécheresse est un événement naturel récurrent dans de nombreuses régions. Les organisations humanitaires peuvent accroître leur efficacité en tenant compte de cette réalité dans leur...
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Acción humanitaria en emergencias relacionadas con las sequías
ENSEÑANZA .1 La sequía es un fenómeno recurrente y natural en muchas áreas. Las organizaciones humanitarias pueden ser más eficaces cuando si lo tienen en cuenta en su programación. En muchas áreas...
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Hazards hurt most in societies that think being female is the real disaster
“Women are not born vulnerable, but are made vulnerable to disasters. Fulfilling their roles made the women more valued in society because the completion of them suddenly became so much more...
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Is the international community ready to respond to disasters in cities?
The global humanitarian network, ALNAP, is warning of the danger of sticking with rural models to deal with the growing reality of urban disasters. Over 130 representatives from the United Nations,...