Sustainable Cities Collective is an editorially independent, moderated community for leaders of major metropolitan areas, urban planning and sustainability professionals.
A review of how Nicaragua has recovered from Hurricane Mitch over the past ten years.
SEI is an independent, international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels.
Resources on socio-economics, policy and farming systems under the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) to assess the human dimensions of the impact of avian influenza on households, livelihoods, food security and markets.
IVIMS helps countries carry out a more careful characterization of the food insecure and vulnerable population groups, improving understanding through cross-sectoral analysis of the underlying causes, and using evidence-based information and analysis to advocate for the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes enhancing food security
Household Livelihood Security (HLS) has become a basic framework for program analysis, design, monitoring and evaluation. HLS grows out of a food security perspective, but is based on the observation that food is only one important basic need among several and adequate food consumption may be sacrificed for other important needs.
The Pandemic Preparedness Capacity Map identifies by country the diverse range of current NGO capacities that indicate the level of community preparedness or that could potentially be leveraged in a pandemic situation. It identifies those capacities already on the ground as an indicator of the level of preparedness of communities as well as response capacities of NGOs – including health programs, disaster preparedness programs, food security programs, community outreach and media programs, etc.
