United Nations Secretary-General Message on World Humanitarian Summit

published in 2015
WH Summit

Project Topics: Policies in disaster management, Actors in disaster management
Disaster Types: NATURAL DISASTERS, MAN-MADE DISASTERS
Disaster Phase: Recovery, Preparedness

An initiative of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, managed by UN OCHA, the first World Humanitarian Summit will be held in Istanbul on 23 and 24 May 2016 and will bring together governments, humanitarian organizations, people affected by humanitarian crises and new partners including the private sector to propose solutions to our most pressing challenges and set an agenda to keep humanitarian action fit for the future.

https://vimeo.com/141554564

Associated resources

SUPER - Social sensors for secUrity Assessments and Proactive EmeRgencies management (Related Project)

published in 2014
 

Project Topics: Citizens’ rights, Citizens’ empowerment, Risk perception and risk cultures, Risk communication
Disaster Types: MAN-MADE DISASTERS, NATURAL DISASTERS
Disaster Phase: Emergency

People in Disasters: Special Issue of the Australasian Journal of Disasters and Trauma Studies

published in 2016
 Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Project Topics: Actors in disaster management, Risk perception and risk cultures, Cultural factors
Disaster Types: NATURAL DISASTERS
Disaster Phase: Preparedness, Emergency, Recovery

Defining Disaster Resilience: a DFID Approach Paper

published in 2011
 Department for International Development (UK)

Disaster Types: MAN-MADE DISASTERS, NATURAL DISASTERS

Recommended resources

EM-DAT: The CRED/OFDA International Disaster Database

 D. Guha-Sapir, R. Below, Ph. Hoyois - Université Catholique de Louvain – Brussels – Belgium.

Project Topics: Processes in disaster management
Disaster Types: MAN-MADE DISASTERS, NATURAL DISASTERS

Infographic: Managing Risks & Building Resilience

published in 2017
  Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF)

Project Topics: Actors in disaster management, Processes in disaster management, Risk communication
Disaster Types: NATURAL DISASTERS, Climatological
Disaster Phase: Preparedness, Emergency, Recovery

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