21 Nov 2016
A Review of Needs Assessment Tools, Response Analysis Frameworks, and Targeting Guidance for Urban Humanitarian Response This desk review was produced by the Stronger Cities Initiative Consortium, which is part of the Urban Crises Learning Fu...
Tags: Report, Research, Risk Assessment, Urban Risk Reduction
17 Aug 2015
On December 26th 2014, the tenth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Sri Lankan Mobile Network Operator Dialog unveiled version 2 of is Disaster and Emergency Warning Network; DEWN v2. Developed in the aftermath of the 2004 disaster, DEWN v1 uti...
Tags: Case Study, Early Warning Systems, Mobile Technology
10 Apr 2017
Individuals and organizations responding to humanitarian crises recognize the need to improve urban emergency response and preparedness – including the need to devise better methods for assessing vulnerability within urban populations. This system...
Tags: Report, Review, Post-Disaster Recovery, Urban Planning, Urban Risk Reduction