http://www.drrlibrary.org/ Recent bookmarks posted to DRRlibrary 60 http://pirac.croix-rouge.fr/resultats.php?search=creole&Submit=OK ian odonnell Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:15:23 +0000 catastrophes creole cyclone disaster drr earthquake flood guidance haiti preparedness http://www.thataway.org/exchange/resources.php?action=view&rid=1621 This paper discusses the inclusive blend of simulations, models and games and other digital and/or online technologies with local/regional "virtual communities" and communities of practice as a potentially powerful and effective approach to comprehensive community emergency preparedness. ian odonnell Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:08:20 +0000 community community of practice disaster exercise games preparedness simulation http://ocha.unog.ch/drptoolkit/PILFramework.html 'This page provides information and reference documents/ tools for understanding and improving institutional and legal frameworks for disaster preparedness and response.' ian odonnell Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:01:01 +0000 disaster governance legal legislation ocha preparedness response toolkit http://allafrica.com/stories/200709030575.html Minister's comments on 'Exercise Ahoboa (Preparedness) 2007' in Accra and 'the desire of the government to build the capacity of National Disaster Management Organization and all the stakeholder agencies for effective rapid response to emergencies'. ian odonnell Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:44:07 +0000 africa disaster eocs exercise ghana government preparedness simulation training http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411348_katrinahospitals.pdf 'This paper explores what happened in New Orleans–area hospitals during and after Hurricane Katrina and why hospitals had such varied experiences.' ian odonnell Wed, 23 May 2007 13:36:00 +0000 disaster healthcare hospitals infrastructure katrina mitigation northamerica preparedness us http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18651/ 'As the global picture grows grimmer, states and cities are searching for the fine-scale predictions they need to prepare for emergencies--and to keep the faucets running.' ian odonnell Tue, 08 May 2007 14:19:52 +0000 assessment cities climate change disaster planning preparedness urban http://www.floods.org/home/default.asp 'The Association of State Floodplain Managers is an organization of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, the National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning and recovery.' ian odonnell Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:31:59 +0000 disaster flood insurance mitigation northamerica planning preparedness us http://ec.europa.eu/echo/evaluation/thematic_en.htm Broad set of evaluations conducted by ECHO including ones focused on disaster preparedness, risk reduction, and recovery. ian odonnell Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:58:54 +0000 centralasia disaster earthquake echo evaluation hurricane latinamerica mitch preparedness recovery riskreduction southasia http://www.fema.gov/business/guide/index.shtm "This guide provides step-by-step advice on how to create and maintain a comprehensive emergency management program." ian odonnell Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:59:38 +0000 business business continuity disaster emergency fema preparedness private sector http://hazardcenter.louisville.edu/pdfs/wp0603.pdf 'This paper examines the issues in measuring disaster preparedness ... [and proposes a] framework of creating a Disaster Preparedness Index (DPi), and Resiliency Index (Ri).' ian odonnell Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:50:21 +0000 disaster indicators preparedness http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/safety/DisasterResponse/PDF/DisasterResponse.pdf A guide designed "to provide local transit agencies and transportation providers with useful information and best practices in emergency preparedness and disaster response and recovery". ian odonnell Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:48:53 +0000 disaster planning preparedness recovery response transit transportation http://www.axa.co.uk/aboutus/corporate_publications/climatechange_docs/AXA%20Preparing%20for%20climate%20change.pdf A guide for small businesses outlining ways in which climate change might affect their business operations and measures that businesses can take to reduce risks. ian odonnell Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:43:42 +0000 axa climate change disaster preparedness private sector sme http://www.odihpn.org/documents/networkpaper049.pdf A paper from the humanitarian Practice Netowrk at ODI looking at cost benefit analysis of two disaster mitigation and preparedness (DMP) interventions in India. ian odonnell Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:30:39 +0000 asia costbenefit disaster economics india mitigation odi preparedness prevention southasia http://unisdr.unbonn.org/ 'An online database that contains documentation on all of the initiatives that are part of the multi-partner, multi-donor UN project titled "Evaluation and Strengthening of Early Warning Systems in Countries Affected by the 26 December 2004 Tsunami".' ian odonnell Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:10:01 +0000 disaster early-warning preparedness tsunami unisdr http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/0307stor/index.htm Lessons drawn from a conference on disaster mitigation and preparedness hosted by Christian Aid hosted in Orissa in 2000 on the first anniversary of the supercyclone and from the experience in Gujarat as well. ian odonnell Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:05:37 +0000 asia christianaid cyclone disaster gujarat hurricane india learning lessons mitigation orissa preparedness southasia