Evidence and innovation – these are two words familiar to anyone reading about humanitarian programming. Nowadays everything has to be “evidence-based”, judged against “indicators”, monitored,…
Following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines fewer than 20% of people rebuilding their houses have so far adopted any kind of safer building measures, despite…
After a disaster, do people always have the capabilities to participate fully in the reconstruction and recovery process? In the development and humanitarian fields, we…
By Michelle Annette Meyer, PhD The Philippines faces a long road of recovery decisions that will affect the population’s risk for generations to come. One…
By James Kennedy One of the major features of almost all disasters occurring in urban areas, is the large amount of rubble created, and the…
