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Frontiers of Water-Related Disaster Management and the Way Forward, Oo, Poe Bugalia, Nikhil Seetharam, K. E. Ikeda, Tetsuya Koike, Toshio : 2020 Effective governance is one of the most essential elements of an overall disaster risk management strategy.Our world has been witnessing a consistent rise in water-related disasters in recent years. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has made disaster risk reduction even more challenging. This policy brief looks at how to embed water-related disaster resilience into the Sustainable... Source: ADB Governance Policy Brief No. 2020-4 Link: https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/630266/adbi-pb2020-4.pdf Tags: Disaster Management |
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Local Leadership for Disaster Resilience: Profiles from Asia and the Pacific UNDRR : 2020 Disaster risks are growing more intense, complex, and unpredictable. This growing unpredictability and intensity of extreme events, in the midst of increasingly complex socio-economic dynamics fuelled by growing inequalities, call for a new approach to resilience building and planning. With a deep understanding of their contexts, local leaders are a vital cog in the wheel of resilience... Source: UNDRR Link: https://www.undrr.org/media/47692/download Tags: Disaster Management |
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Amen Ra Mashariki and Nicolas Diaz : 2020 Properly used data can help city government improve the efficiency of its operations, save money, and provide better services. Used haphazardly, however, the use of analytics in cities may increase risks to citizens’ privacy, heighten cybersecurity threats, and even perpetuate inequities.Given these complexities and potentials, many cities have begun to install analytics and data units, often... Source: Ash Centre for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School Link: https://ash.harvard.edu/files/ash/files/the_analytics_playbook_for_cities.pdf?m=1597345915 Tags: ICT for Development |
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Disengagement and Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Settings Leanne Erdberg Steadman : 2020 Even in brutal and desperate conflict settings, it is possible for people to abandon violence and leave violent groups. Peacebuilders know this well, yet terrorism and counterterrorism policies and practices have often neglected practical ways to address participants in violent extremism and failed to provide them opportunities to reject violence. This report examines how peacebuilding tools... Source: United States Institute of Peace Tags: Conflict management |
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Institute for Economics and Peace : 2020 Peace is important for the progress of countries and their societies. This report presents the most comprehensive data-driven analysis to-date on trends in peace, its economic value, and how to develop peaceful societies. It ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. It reveals a world in which the conflicts and crises that emerged in the past decade... Source: Institute for Economics and Peace Link: http://visionofhumanity.org/app/uploads/2020/06/GPI_2020_web.pdf Tags: Conflict management |
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