http://www.drrlibrary.org/ Recent bookmarks posted to DRRlibrary 60 http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/311406_after_katrina.pdf Collection of essays by urbanists, health and labor economists, and education and housing experts to chart paths out of the immediate emergency situation with proposals for rebuilding the social infrastructure of New Orleans. ian odonnell Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:05:01 +0000 hurricane katrina nola northamerica reconstruction recovery us http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/PDF/BR-WhitePaper_Final.pdf Report on a mobile medical unit program which served the largest Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) village as well as other displaced and medically underserved Baton Rouge children. ian odonnell Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:35:25 +0000 children education health hurricane impact katrina louisiana recovery us http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05trailer.html?hp Article tracing the difficulties of many children to maintain their participation in school after Hurricane Katrina. ian odonnell Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:24:45 +0000 children education katrina nola recovery us http://interaction.org/transition Interaction's policy paper for U.S. development assistance developed for the transitional team of Obama. Including policies re. climate change, health, food crises, agriculture, gender aynurkadi Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:36:23 +0000 assistance climate change development development policy food security foreign policy gender mdg obama us http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1225900531284.shtm U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency's Fiscal Year 2009 Application Guidance for 14 federal grant programs to assist state and local governments in strengthening community preparedness. ian odonnell Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:27:36 +0000 fema grants preparedness us http://www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/StantonKatrinaReport.pdf Analysis of the delivery of emergency financial benefits, such as pensions, Social Security, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, as well as payments relating to the disaster such as emergency food stamps, unemployment insurance, and emergency cash assistance. ian odonnell Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:11:30 +0000 hurricane katrina recovery response social services us vulnerability http://www.fema.gov/library/file;jsessionid=6284FAE6AE5295E9DBFB0CC9056CC43D.WorkerLibrary?type=publishedFile&file=Success+Stories+IV_Final.pdf&fileid=e503da50-1e55-11db-b486-000bdba87d5b Study showcasing examples of natural hazard mitigation activities and successes from 39 communities in 24 states across the U.S. ian odonnell Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:07:09 +0000 flood mitigation success to read us http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2006/RAND_OP162.pdf Report for the Mississippi Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, Renewal - Affordable Housing Subcommittee on affordable-housing policy and implementation options that have potential application for long-term reconstruction decisions in the wake of natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina. ian odonnell Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:15:45 +0000 affordable housing hurricane katrina mississippi rand rebuilding reconstruction to read us http://earlychildhood.msstate.edu/atlas/ Project to facilitate spatial analysis in early childhood service which has included development of a Disaster Risk Index which Identified four categories of vulnerability indicators for the early childhood sector. ian odonnell Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:17:07 +0000 children drr education indicators mississippi us vulnerability http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/research/qr/qr183/qr183.html esearch project focused on better understanding tribal drought management issues among the Hualapai Tribe in northwestern Arizona. ian odonnell Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:01:26 +0000 arizona contingency planning drought native american to read tribal us http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102512.html Short article about collaboration of Western Union, Radio Shack, and Trumpet Mobile to send remittances via mobile phone. ian odonnell Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:26:26 +0000 cell phone mobile phone northamerica remittances us http://www.alldaybuffet.org/neworleans100/ A list of projects that are bringing new creative energy, attracting tourism, rebuilding homes, overhauling the educational system, and stimulating economic activity to underscore how far the city has come in recovering from Hurricane Katrina. ian odonnell Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:59:40 +0000 architecture building culture education entrepreneurship hurricane innovation katrina new orleans nola northamerica recovery us http://cambridgeenergyalliance.org/ CEA is a city-sponsored non-profit organization program to significantly reduce energy and water use in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The scheme is planned to have no up-front costs and project financing will be repaid by participants from the energy savings realized through effeciency upgrades. ian odonnell Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:36:21 +0000 collaboration efficiency energy financing housing innovation northamerica us http://www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Wiki set up to corrdinate hurricane response information. ian odonnell Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:02:56 +0000 collaboration coordination hurricane northamerica response social networking us wiki http://gustav08.ning.com/ Social networking site on Ning set up for gathering information for Hurricane Gustav but now expanded to address hurricane response more generally. ian odonnell Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:01:12 +0000 collaboration coordination hurricane ning northamerica response social networking us