Humanitarian Exchange 38: Disaster Risk Reduction

Publication language
English
Pages
36pp
Date published
01 Jun 2007
Type
Articles
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Markets, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Organisations
ODI
Disaster risk reduction
2 Disaster reduction terminology: a common-sense approach
5 The Hyogo Framework for Action: reclaiming ownership?
10 Christian Aid and disaster risk reduction
13 Preparedness for community-driven responses to disasters in Kenya: lessons from a mixed response to drought in 2006
15 Working with vulnerable communities to assess and reduce disaster risk
19 Effective response reduces risk
22 Justifying the cost of disaster risk reduction: a summary of cost–benefit analysis
 
Practice and policy notes
25 Cross-border trade and food markets in Niger: why market analysis is important for humanitarian action
27 Islamic charities and the ‘War on Terror’: dispelling the myths
 
Endpiece
30 Accountability to the beneficiaries of humanitarian aid: old messages, new messengers