Strategic Research into National and Local Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management: Updated Literature Review

Author(s)
Scott, Z. et al.
Publication language
English
Pages
43pp
Date published
30 Nov 2015
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Local capacity, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster risk reduction, National & regional actors

In September 2013, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) contracted Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and the University of East Anglia (UEA) to conduct Strategic research into national and local capacity building for disaster risk management. The overarching question guiding the research activities was ‘what works and why?’ An extensive literature review has now been revised and updated with recent publications and research.