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ICT for Disaster Risk Management
Incheon: Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT-ESCAP), 3rd ed. (2020), 137 pp.
"This module introduces disaster risk management (DRM) and provides an overview of how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be used for DRM. A large number of examples and case studies on the applications of ICTs in DRM have been included in the module. The main objective of the mod
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People, Poultry and Pandemics: Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Indonesia
Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020), 4 pp.
"This SSHAP Case Study illustrates how the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) worked in 2006-07 to support the Indonesian government in response to avian influenza outbreaks. The agency provided social mobilisation and education programmes to schools and villages in affected communities and p
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Del miedo a la acción. Información en emergencias: Un salvavidas
Bogotá: Dejusticia (2020), 17 pp.
"En este documento nos centraremos en cuatro facetas del acceso a la información, con sus respectivos riesgos, que deben tener en cuenta los tomadores de decisión en la coyuntura actual. Asimismo, buscamos ofrecer soluciones o recomendaciones que puedan implementar tanto el Gobierno como el sector
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Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell (2020), xi, 312 pp.
"Drawing on the most recent research from disaster psychology, disaster sociology, and education psychology, as well as evaluations of disaster learning programs, the book contains practical guidance for putting in place a proven design framework. The book outlines the steps to take in order to tail
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Situational Analysis of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability in Burkina Faso
CDAC Network (2020), 17 pp.
"Burkina Faso is dramatically confronted with the consequences of violence, persistent food insecurity and malnutrition. Five of the thirteen regions of the country are particularly affected, and the humanitarian situation has been steadily deteriorating since 2017 with a peak observed in the second
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Information and Communication Technologies for Humanitarian Services
London: Institution of Engineering and Technology (2020), xx, 371 pp.
"This book provides new developments, innovations, and research outcomes; case studies and lessons learned; and other considerations for the creation and deployment of effective ICTs to provide humanitarian services for the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations in the world in order to imp
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The Journey to Build Fiji’s National Communication Platform
CDAC Network; Ground Truth Solutions (2020), 8 pp.
"Over the last two years, Fiji has worked to build a Communication and Community Engagement (CCE) platform that embeds advanced two-way communication capabilities in the national disaster response system. While it is common to think of “platforms” as a technology service, the intent here is much
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A Framework for Assessing Success of National CCE Platforms
CDAC Network; Ground Truth Solutions (2020), 14 pp.
"This framework lays out the multiple elements needed to successfully build and assess the performance of a national Communications and Community Engagement (CCE) Platform. These Platforms enable a broad range of government and disaster response organisations to implement coordinated communication a
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Trauma Reporting: A Journalist's Guide to Covering Sensitive Stories
Key Guides
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xii, 205 pp.
Trauma Reporting provides vital information on developing a healthy, professional and respectful relationship with those who choose to tell their stories during times of trauma, distress or grief. Amid a growing demand and need for guidance, this fascinating book is refreshingly simple, engaging and
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Comunicação de risco de inundação: Instrumento fundamental da gestão de riscos de desastres
Desenvolvimento Regional em debate, volume 10 (2020), pp. 1139-1159
"Comunicar o risco de inundação para as partes interessadas, sobretudo os vulneráveis, é um dos principais desafios que a gestão pública e demais atores possuem na busca pela construção de cidades e sociedades resilientes, e pelo desenvolvimento regional. Baseado nisso, o presente trabalho t
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Principles of Risk Communication: A Guide to Communicating with Socially Vulnerable Populations Across the Disaster Lifecycle
Boulder, Col.: University of Colorado Boulder, Natural Hazards Center (2020), 29 pp.
"This document is intended to be used as a high-level guide for advancing risk communication best practices. It synthesizes academic research and available guidance on the topic of hazards and disaster risk communication. It draws from an array of evidence-based recommendations for effectively commu
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"Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes the list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world, to shine a spotlight on these forgotten emergencies. This is the list for 2019. Although humanitarian assistance should be based on needs alone, some crises receive more att
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Women, ICT and Emergency Telecommunications: Opportunities and Constraints
Geneva: ITU (2020), x, 80 pp.
"In the 1991 cyclones that hit Bangladesh, 90 per cent of the 140 000 victims were women. In the deadly heat waves that hit France in 2003, most fatalities were elderly women. During the 2005 Hurricane Katrina emergency in New Orleans, most of the victims were Afro-American women and their children.
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Data Impact Assessments
Centre for Humanitarian Data (2020), 6 pp.
"• Data impact assessments determine the potential benefits and risks associated with data management. They are a critical component of responsible data management, but are often overlooked.
• There are a wide variety of approaches to data impact assessments. Selecting the right assessment for a
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Human-Centred Design in Humanitarian Settings: Methodologies for Inclusivity
Key Guides
London: GSMA (2020), 40 pp.
"To ensure that mobile solutions are designed inclusively in humanitarian contexts, it is important that target users are involved as co-creators of the future they want. A human-centred design approach is one way to ensure that users’ perspectives are fully integrated into programme design. This
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Évaluation des capacités de communication des risques et d’engagement communautaire en Guinée
Washinghton: Breakthrough Action; USAID (2020), 51 pp.
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Why Risk Communication is the Critical Component in Disaster Risk Reduction
Progress in Disaster Science, volume 8 (2020), 4 pp.
"Even the most sophisticated forecasting models and advanced early warning systems can be rendered ineffective if the information is not communicated clearly, on time, and in a way that allows the end-user to consider options and act appropriately. These challenges not only apply to fast onset hazar
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Communiquer sur Ebola: Expérience du Sénégal du 23 mars au 1er décembre 2014. Récit et analyse critique des faits
Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 204 pp.
"Le 23 mars 2014, l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé publie sur son site web l'apparition de la maladie à virus Ébola en Guinée. Du fait de la proximité du Sénégal avec la Guinée, la commission Média et Communication, dispositif multisectoriel et centre nerveux de la communication impulse
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