The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a North American coalition of diverse people and organizations working from the local to international levels to build community food security.
The Community Assessment of Resilience Tool (CART) includes a survey and protocol. It provides a multiphase assessment and process with community members or service sector representatives who wish to enhance their community’s resilience and strengthen their community’s capacity to respond to current or potential disasters.
Effective January 1, 2009, the Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI) has been established. The Institute will move the CARRI effort to the next level. The Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI) is a major program of The Southeast Region Research Initiative (SERRI). With the support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, CARRI is a groundbreaking program being led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in conjunction with a variety of other federal, regional, state and local partners.
Study by the UC Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development looking at the economic benefits fo the Disaster Resistant Universities program.
Collection of short essays on the value of microfinance as a tools for reducing disaster vulnerability.
The Centre's Disaster Studies and Management programme covers socio-economic vulnerability to disasters and disaster management (principally mitigation and preparedness).
Minutes from a meeting betwen UK NGOs represented in the BOND group and DFID to discuss the proposed World Bank adaptation fund.
Results of a comprehensive in-person survey conducted to give people a channel to express their views of the rebuilding process as it moves forward.
Paper on lessons learnt and some common features that are found in effective microinsurance products.
