Disaster risk reduction documents
From policy reports and briefing documents to case studies and research papers, you will find all documents on disaster risk reduction here.
Advocacy and tools workshop notes
Slides from the advocacy and tools workshop at the Develoment from Disasters conference
Biogas Use in Reconstruction
Biogas technology can provide essential energy services in a post-disaster context.
Community based disaster management plan - chitwan
This book is result of series of interactions among communities in the VDC and stakeholders' workshops in a group of VDCs.
Community based disaster management plan - nawalparasi
This book is result of series of interactions among communities in the VDC and stakeholders' workshops in a group of VDCs.
Conference agenda - Development from disasters
Timetable for the conference: Development from disasters - scaling up owner-driven reconstruction
Coping with disasters
This book contains a series of photographs with short notes depicting some project interventions in Bangladesh.
Coping with disasters - Bangladesh
Leaflet illustrating how communities in Bangladesh cope with disaster
Coping with Drought
This paper is based on research carried out in two drought-prone districts of Matabeleland South. Rather than being passive victims waiting for the arrival of humanitarian aid, rual people reliant on agriculture as a main means of making a living having developed coping strategies which enable...
Defining the Community's Role in Disaster Mitigation
This brief shows how addressing the increased vulnerability of people in the South is the only way to manage disasters.
Development from disasters - scaling up owner-driven reconstruction
This conference, organised by Practical Action, looked at research findings and practical experience of owner-driven reconstruction
Disaster management in nepal: needs for improvement - lessons learned from community-based disaster risk reduction
Policies and practices are generally focused on larger disastrous events, rescue and relief.
Disaster preparedness and prevention (DPP) state of play and strategic orientations for EC policy - working paper
Disaster preparedness and prevention (DPP) state of play and strategic orientations for EC policy - working paper
Disaster risk reduction policy brief
The document depicts process of community based disaster management planning at community and VDC level.
Earthquake Resistant housing
This Brief shows simple methods to make houses safer during earthquakes.
Emergency Preparedness Plans
This document addresses plans that resulted from the experience carried out in the emergency preparedness project in Peru.
Flood Resistant Housing
Bangladesh has regular floods putting people at risk. This brief describes some flood resistant housing options.
From vulnerability to resilience (V2R)
From Vulnerability to Resilience - V2R - is a framework for analysis and action to reduce vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of individuals, households and communities. The framework sets out the key factors that contribute to peoples' vulnerability, namely, hazards and stresses,...
Good practices for community resilience
This document gives a narrative account of good practices of the Mainstreaming livelihood-centred approaches to disaster management project in Bangladesh from January 2006 to December 2008, identifies achievements, successes and lessons learned with respect to increasing the resilience of the...
Integrating approaches seminar - posters angelica ospina
Climate Change Resilience in Vulnerable Communities: The role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
Integrating approaches: sustainable livelihoods, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
Disasters and climate change are increasingly influencing the attainment of development objectives.
Kerosene and LPG for Reconstruction
Kerosene and LPG can provide essential energy services in a post-disaster context.
Lalith Lankatilleke - Reconstruction: a community-based approach through the people’s process of development
Keynote speech at the Development from Disasters conference
Livelihood centred approaches to disaster risk reduction
This brief note describes disaster, disaster risk, and its management in the cycle, ie before, during and post disaster situations.
Mainstreaming livelihood centred approaches to disaster risk reduction
An illustrated project information brochure in English and Nepali, outlining the mainstreaming livelihood centred approaches to disaster risk reduction project methodology and expected outputs.
Mainstreaming livelihood centred approaches to disaster risk reduction
A more detailed report on the mainstreaming livelihood centred approaches to disaster risk reduction project
Pathways from poverty: building economic empowerment & resilience for extreme poor households in Riverine areas of Bangladesh
Download an illustrated four-page project brief outlining the aims and approach of this project
Practical approaches on community based disaster management planning
The document provides information on process and methods on community based disaster management planning based on practical experiences in Nepal. Government and civil society organisations were involved in the process.
Practical Experiences of Community Based Disaster Risk Management
Practical Experiences of community based disaster risk management
Preparation of Risk Maps
This document looks at risk map usage in the emergency preparedness project in Peru, recognising that more comprehensive risk-reduction strategies are constantly emerging.
Rainwater Harvesting during Reconstruction
Overview of RWH technologies and how they can be considered in the reconstruction process.
Rebuilding in the aftermath of an earthquake
Taking local construction practices, skills, and needs into account when creating new settlements that will be sustainable and safe
Resilience in Practice
Briefing Paper on how Practical Action is working across the V2R framework, taking into account hazards and stresses, livelihoods, governance and future uncertainty. The paper uses six case studies from Practical Action's projects in Peru, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sudan and Kenya.
South Asia Disaster Report 2010
Changing Climate, Impeding Risks, Emerging Perspectives: the third South Asia Disaster Report by Duryog Nivaran attempts to explore the added dimension that climate change brings to addressing disaster risk reduction across the region, which will have direct implications in the current...
Strengthening Livelihood Capacities to Disaster Risk Reduction: compilation of change studies
This book documents the lessons learned during the Livelihood Centred Approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction project in the Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts of Nepal. It describes the prevailing physical, institutional and socio-economic context, and details the activities and its interventions.
Surviving Disasters: investing in capacities of women and poor communities to build resistance
An outline of the work done by Groots International Network, Comite De Emergencia Garifuna, Honduras; Swayam Shikshan Prayog, India; Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work, Turkey; Construction Resource And Development Centre, Jamaica.
The characteristics of a disaster resiliant community
A guidance note for government and civil society organisations working on disaster risk reduction initiatives at community level
