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Latest publications
2008
- Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction: Guidance Notes for Development Organisations [Arabic]
- Outils d’intégration de la réduction des risques de catastrophes: Notes d'orientation à l'intention des organisations de développement
- Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development: Challenges and Experience in the Philippines
- Herramientas para la integración de la reducción del riesgo de desastres: Notas de orientación para organizaciones de desarrollo
- Disaster Risk Reduction - cases from Urban Africa
- From Risk to Resilience - Benefits and Costs of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Responding to earthquakes 2008 - Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations
- ProVention Forum 2008 - From Grassroots to Global: People Centered Disaster Risk Reduction
- La réduction des risques de catastrophes naturelles en Afrique de l'Ouest et en Afrique Centrale / Disaster risk reduction in West and Central Africa
- The Oslo Policy Forum on Changing the Way We Develop: Dealing with Disasters and Climate Change
- Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation, Development and Disaster Risk Reduction - Strengthening Community Resilience in the Caribbean Region
- ProVention annual report 2007
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Flood disasters: Learning from previous relief and recovery operations |
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Content: | This briefing paper provides a synthesis of and introduction to key lessons from evaluations of relief and recovery/humanitarian response to flooding in the last 20 years from Africa, Asia and the Americas. The paper is intended for people working in relief and recovery operations for floods – those who have to decide if, when and how to intervene. The paper covers lessons for the following key topics which may be relevant in various ways and at different times for flood preparedness, relief and recovery. |
Author: | Khurshid Alam |
Organisation: | ALNAP & ProVention Consortium |
Details: | 0.2MB, pdf |
Language: | English |
2007
- Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Guide
- Working with the Winds of Change. Towards Strategies for Responding to the Risks Associated with Climate Change and other Hazards
- Young Researcher Project Briefs - Applied Research Grants Program - Rounds I & II (2003-2006)
- Applied Research Grants Program for Disaster Reduction - Rounds I & II (2003-2006) - Asia
- Slow-onset disasters: drought and food and livelihoods insecurity – Learning from previous relief and recovery responses
- Investigating urban risk accumulation in six countries in Africa
- Strengthening the Social Analysis Component in Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment
- East Africa Forum on Local Perspectives on Disaster Risk Reduction
- South African Forum on Local Perspectives on Disaster Risk Reduction
- Rencontre Régionale: "Initiatives locales sur la réduction des risques de catastrophe en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre"
- ProVention Forum 2007 - Making Disaster Risk Reduction Work
- Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction: Guidance Notes for Development Organisations
- ProVention annual report 2006
2006
- Diálogo Comunitario sobre Agua y Clima
- Sistema de Alerta Temprana de Inundaciones en Cuencas Menores
- Inundaciones
- Manejo de Albergues Temporales
- Mantenimiento Comunitario de Escuelas
- Applied Research Grants for Disaster Reduction II - Europe and Central Asia
- Applied Research Grants for Disaster Reduction II - Latin America & the Caribbean
- Prevención de Desastres en Acueductos Rurales
- Let Our Children Teach Us!
- Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies
- Disaster prevention: a role for business?
- Disaster Insurance for the Poor? A review of microinsurance for natural disaster risks in developing countries
- ProVention Forum 2006 - Incentives For Reducing Risk
- ProVention annual report 2005
2005
- Invest to prevent disasters - Viewpoint
- 2nd International Work Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
- South Asia Earthquake 2005 - Learning from previous earthquake relief operations
- South Asia Earthquake 2005 - Learning from previous recovery operations
- International Workshop on Community Risk Assessment
- Exploring private sector involvement in flood disaster risk reduction in Sudan
- Learning Lessons from Disaster Recovery: The Case of Mozambique
- Learning Lessons from Disaster Recovery: The Case of Bangladesh
- Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis
- Surviving Disasters and Supporting Recovery: A Guidebook for Microfinance Institutions
2004
- Thirty Years of Natural Disasters: 1974-2003: The Numbers
- Integrating disaster reduction into development: recommendations for policy-makers
- 'Measuring Mitigation': Methodologies for assessing natural hazard risks and the net benefits of mitigation - A scoping study / Synthesis report
- 'Measuring Mitigation': Methodologies for assessing natural hazard risks and the net benefits of mitigation - A scoping study
- Preventable Losses: Saving Lives and Property through Hazard Risk Management - A Comprehensive Risk Management Framework for Europe and Central Asia
- Solidarity and Opportunity: The Potential of Insurance for Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries, Conference proceedings and workshop report
- Workshop: Social Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis, Discussion paper and workshop report
- Global Symposium for Hazard Risk Reduction, Lessons Learned from the Applied Research Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction Program
- Learning Lessons from Disaster Recovery: The Case of Honduras
- Understanding the Economic and Financial Impacts of Natural Disasters
- Guidelines for Vulnerability Reduction in the Design of New Health Facilities
2003
- Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters: Guidelines for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigationin the Design of New Health Facilities
- Building Safer Cities - The Future of Disaster Risk
- Malawi and Southern Africa: Climatic Variability and Economic Performance
- Manual para la evaluación del impacto socioeconómico y ambiental de los desastres
- Handbook for Estimating the Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects of Disasters
2002
- Microfinance and Disaster Risk Management: Experiences and Lessons Learned
- The Quality and Accuracy of Disaster Data: A Comparative Analyses of Three Global Data Sets
- Catastrophes and Development, Integrating Natural Catastrophes into Development Planning
- The Last Straw: Integrating Natural Disaster Mitigation with Environmental Management
- Bangladesh: Disasters and Public Finance
2001
- Vulnerability of Infrastructure to Climate Variability: How Does This Affect Infrastructure Lending Policies?
- Doing More for Those Made Homeless by Natural Disasters
- Dominica: Natural Disasters and Economic Development in a Small Island State
- Inundaciones en el Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires