The Centre's Disaster Studies and Management programme covers socio-economic vulnerability to disasters and disaster management (principally mitigation and preparedness).
Critique on the lack of robust measurement frameworks and attention to the dimensions of participation in most participatory development approaches.
A collection of methodologies and case studies on CRA to help users to identify the most appropriate assessment methodologies and applications. Guidance notes for each of the the methods and case studies provide additional analysis.
A study describing 'the experiences of children and their families in the days and weeks following the storm, discusses what was done on behalf of children to reduce their vulnerability, and illustrates various things that children did for themselves'.
A UN University supported program "to forge interaction amongst universities in Africa with interest in teaching on disaster risk reduction, through information sharing, capacity building and collaborative research".
A paper from the Humanitarian Practice Network at ODI about the future and challenges to innovation and change that face humanitarian organizations.
Outline of the overall management structure of the five multi-agency thematic evaluations being undertaken as part of the work of the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition.
Handbook on participatory capacities and vulnerabilities assessment, recoginizing "the importance of local knowledge built on people's experience of disasters and of poor people taking the lead in addressing their vulnerabilities".
