Resources
1. Abarquez, Imelda and Zubair Murshed Community-based
Disaster Risk Management: Field Practitioners’ Handbook,
see Part 3, Chapter 1 Disaster Risk Communication at
Community Level, pp.96-117, Asian Disaster Preparedness
Center, Bangkok, 2004
http://www.adpc.net/PDR-SEA/publications/12Handbk.pdf
2. Action Learning Network for Accountability and
Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) Participation
by Crisis-affected Populations in Humanitarian Action:
A handbook for practitioners, see Chapter 2: The
Communication Imperative, pp. 67-88, Overseas
Development Institute, London, 2003
http://www.alnap.org/pool/files/gs_handbook.pdf
3. IFRC South Asia Delegation, A practical Guide to Advocacy
for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2009
https://fednet.ifrc.org/graphics/Fednet_files/Disaster_
Management_11/DMF/Cross_cutting/Risk_reduction/
CBDRR%20Advocacy%20Manual.pdf
4. ACHR, Housing by People in Asia, Newsletter of the Asian
Coalition for Housing Rights, Number 16: special edition on
post-tsunami reconstruction, Bangkok, August 2005
http://www.achr.net/000ACHRTsunami/Download%20TS/
ACHR%2016%20with%20photos.pdf
5. Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre and USAID, Disaster
Risk Management in Asia: A primer, 2005 http://www.adpc.
net/udrm/primer/pdf/primer_volume1.pdf
6. Coburn, Andrew et al. Technical Principles of Building for
Safety, Intermediate Technology Publications, London,
1995 (now: Practical Action Publishing)
7. Dudley, Eric and Ane Haaland, Communicating Building for
Safety: Guidelines for methods of communicating technical
information to local builders and households, Intermediate
Technology Publications, London, 1993 (now: Practical
Action Publishing).
8. Lowe, Lucky Earthquake-resistant housing, Practical Action
Technical Brief, Rugby, undated.
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.
php?cPath=57&products_id=135&attrib=1
9. NIDM Building a Disaster Free India, Disasters Update,
Issue No.252, 06/01/2006, NIDM, New Delhi
http://nidm.gov.in/News%20in%20PDF/2006/Jan/news06-
01-06.pdf
10. Suresh, V. (undated) Promoting Safer Building Construction
in a Regional Workshop on Best Practices in Disaster
Mitigation (undated)
http://www.adpc.net/audmp/rllw/PDF/PSB.pdf
11. Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) Community Led Disaster to
Development Programme: January to December 2005, SSP,
Mumbai, 2006
http://www.disasterwatch.net/Best%20Practices/ssp_
tsunami.pdf
12. Twigg, John Good Practice Review – Disaster risk reduction
mitigation and preparedness in development and emergency
programming, see Chapter 11: Education, information
communications, pp. 165-195, Humanitarian Policy Group
Network Paper Number 9, Overseas Development Institute,
London, March 2004,
http://www.odihpn.org/publistgpr9.asp
13. UNDP From Relief to Recovery, The Gujarat Experience,
UNDP, New York, October 2001
http://www.undp.org/cpr/disred/documents/regions/asia/
gujarat_report.pdf
14. UNISDR Gender Perspective: Working together for disaster
risk reduction, good practices and lessons learnt, Geneva,
2007
http://www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/isdr-publications/09-
gender-good-practices/gender-good-practices.pdf
15. World Habitat Awards Preventing Typhoon Damage to
Housing in Central Viet Nam (2008)
http://www.worldhabitatawards.org/winners-and-finalists/
project-details.cfm?lang=00&theProjectID=981BC068-
15CS-F4C0-997B150C75CF5B7D
16. Yonder, Ayse Women’s Participation in Disaster Relief and
Recovery, Seeds No. 22, 2005, Population Council, New
York.
http://www.disasterwatch.net/Brief/Seeds2005final.pdf
For further information, contact
Graham Saunders,
Head of Shelter & Settlements Department
International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
17, chemin des Crêts, Petit-Saconnex,
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)22 730 4222
E-mail: secretariat@ifrc.org
Website: www.ifrc.org
Postal address: Case postal 372, CH-1211 Geneva 19,
Switzerland
Theo Schilderman,
Head of International Infrastructure Programme
Practical Action
The Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development
Bourton-on-Dunsmore
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9QZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1926 634400
E-mail: theos@practicalaction.org.uk
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