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Oxfam GB Bangladesh worked with 11 partner NGOs to implement the RBP in eight districts in Bhrahmmaputra, Jamuna and the Ganges River Basin. The RBP aimed to reduce […] View resource Evaluation report Evaluation of River Basin Programme in India 01/09/2006 1 documents 26 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Humanitarian practice Livelihoods M&E Monitoring and evaluation Overview The River Basin Programme for India (FY 2003-04 to 2005-06) operated in the Indian part of the Ganges and in Brahmaputra basin areas, and is part of the regional (Nepal, India, Bangladesh) RBP. It addressed flood preparedness and the livelihoods of poor communities living in the states of Bihar, Assam and West Bengal. This final […] View resource Book Up In Smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean: The threat from climate change to the environment and human development 29/08/2006 1 documents 44 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Climate change adaptation Climate finance Conflict Disaster risk reduction DRR Livelihoods Overview The report confirms that largely regular and predictable temperature and rainfall patterns, are changing, becoming less predictable and often more extreme. It catalogues the impact of climate change and environmental degradation ranging from drought in the Amazon to floods in Haiti and elsewhere; vanishing glaciers in Colombia to extreme cold in the Andes; and hurricanes, […] View resource Evaluation report Evaluation of Flood Response Programme Georgia 01/01/2006 3 documents 47 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Humanitarian practice M&E Monitoring and evaluation Water and sanitation Overview During the period 25-30 April 2005, a combination of torrential rains and snow melting caused heavy flooding in the Republic of Georgia. The floods caused massive landslides and mudflows that led to the damage and loss of agricultural land; destroyed homes, livestock and water drainage systems; roads and bridges swept away, isolating many communities in […] View resource Guidelines and toolkits Learning About Livelihoods: Insights from Southern Africa 01/08/2002 1 documents 389 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Livelihoods Training Overview The Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods project (DiMP) was developed by the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, along with partner organisations in southern Africa. This comprehensive guide to applying the livelihoods approach to the practice of disaster risk reduction – a direct outcome of the project – comprises […] View resource Journal article Mainstreaming disaster mitigation: challenges to organisational learning in NGOs 01/08/2002 7 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Overview This paper discusses the implications for organisational learning of recent research on NGO activity in natural disaster mitigation and preparedness. It identifies several institutional and other barriers to NGO learning. However, personal networks in NGOs are often strong, and determined and well-placed individuals can push significant innovations through. Greater emphasis on this human factor may […] View resource Journal article Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach 01/07/2002 6 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disaster risk reduction DRR GaD Gender and Development Journal Overview This paper argues that the ability of women to adapt to climate change pressures will be enhanced by using the ‘capabilities approach’ to direct development efforts. By using this approach, women will improve their well-being, and act more readily as agents of change within their communities. This argument is supported by previous research on gender […] View resource Journal article Gendering responses to El Niño in rural Peru 01/07/2002 10 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disaster risk reduction DRR GaD Gender and Development Journal Overview Climatic disasters are a recurrent problem in Peru. The impacts of disasters differ between and within regions and communities. Rural upland communities, largely dependent on small-scale agriculture and natural resources for survival, are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of extreme climate events. Government policies have not only failed to mitigate this vulnerability, but have […] View resource Discussion paper Risk-Mapping and Local Capacities: Lessons from Mexico and Central America 01/01/2000 1 documents 79 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Overview Risk-Mapping and Local Capacities records an exercise carried out by Oxfam GB to map out the range of natural hazards and other risks to which people in Mexico and Central America are exposed, and to relate these to the complex social, economic, political, and cultural factors that make some social sectors more vulnerable than others […] View resource Journal article Hurricane Mitch and human rights 01/05/1999 4 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Overview When Hurricane Mitch hit South America in November 1998, it most harshly affected Honduras and Nicaragua, and most of those affected were already living in extreme poverty. The author highlights the connection between the extent of the damage from this `natural disaster’ and deforestation and bad land management practices, which greatly increased the impact of […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know