Community-based Disaster Preparedness Resources

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) Case Study -    The Role of Local Institutions in Reducing Vulnerability to Recurrent Natural Disasters and in Sustainable Livelihoods Development in High Risk Areas

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) -Community-based Disaster Risk Management Program - http://www.adpc.net/projects/cbdrm.html

Community-based Disaster Management in the Philippines - Making a Difference in People

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Philippines Risk Reduction in Practice Case Study -  http://www.ifrc.org/docs/pubs/disasters/reduction/Philippines-Risk%20reduction%20in%20practice-en.pdf

IFRC World Disasters Report 2004 (chapter 3 summary) - Harnessing local capacities in rural India -  http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2004/chapter3.asp

Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement - Resources on Community-based Emergency Preparedness  http://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/g3s86.html#EmergPrep

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Emergency Preparedness Training Guide for Communities -  http://www.undpquakerehab.org/capcitybuilding.htm

Local-level Risk Management - The Indian Experience (UNDP and GOI)http://www.undp.org.in/dmweb/publications/LLRM.pdf

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Community Emergency Response Teams -  http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/CERT/