The Sphere Handbook 2018 edition explicitlyincluded, for the first time, specific referencesto ur... more The Sphere Handbook 2018 edition explicitlyincluded, for the first time, specific referencesto urban settings.This guide, the 2020 edition of Using the Spher estandards in urban settings, expands on thatwork. It concentrates on Sphere’s four technicalchapters covering water supply, sanitationand hygiene promotion (WASH); Food securityand nutrition; Shelter and settlement; andHealth. Additional tools and approaches forurban response are included: Context analysis,Assessments, Profiling and Targeting; Area-basedapproaches and Cash and markets
Simulations are being used widely across the humanitarian sector, in a variety of contexts and in... more Simulations are being used widely across the humanitarian sector, in a variety of contexts and involve numerous stakeholders. The sector is placing increasing value on simulations as important staff capacity, preparedness and relationship building exercises. The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project Simulating the worst to prepare the bes t case study, addresses the questions of ‘What is a simulation and why use them?’ before focusing on six different simulation types to compare, contrast and draw lessons from. Related materials: Emergency Simulations: Administrators' guide Playing With Reality: Emergency Capacity Building Project simulations case study
There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, s... more There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, social and economic risks have on the ability of cities to function in times of shocks and stresses. While many frameworks and assessment tools have been developed to assess the technical resilience of the infrastructure of cities, there have been fewer attempts to holistically understand and map all the factors that interact to potentially produce functioning urban systems, including the role of institutions (both formal and informal). Applied integrated research is needed to understand the daily functioning, vulnerability and resilience of these rapidly growing cities amid chronic and acute stresses and shocks; to also understand why and how multiple risks and protective factors converge and interact to constrain or enable cities to fulfil their core functions in times of stability and crisis; and finally to produce operationally relevant recommendations that could inform interventions.
Journal of Research in Architecture and Planning, 2017
A city can be difficult to analyse. However, approaches such as urban morphology (the study of ur... more A city can be difficult to analyse. However, approaches such as urban morphology (the study of urban form) can assist with understanding what the city is by reflecting how urban form is influenced by interdependent social, governance and economic factors that contribute to building resilience. To illustrate how urban morphology can be used as an approach for understanding disaster resilience in cities, a case study of informal settlement upgrading impacted by a flood in Bangkok, Thailand is presented. A study of the Bang Bua Canal in Thailand’s capital city is used throughout the paper to demonstrate how disaster resilience can be analysed by using four morphological layers. The paper identifies key dimensions of resilience within each morphological layer. The dimensions highlight patterns of social, governance and economic influence on the built environment. Generalisable lessons from using morphology as an approach for understanding disaster resilience include: that resilience can...
There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, s... more There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, social and economic risks have on the ability of cities to function in times of shocks and stresses. While many frameworks and assessment tools have been developed to assess the technical resilience of the infrastructure of cities, there have been fewer attempts to holistically understand and map all the factors that interact to potentially produce functioning urban systems, including the role of institutions (both formal and informal). Applied integrated research is needed to understand the daily functioning, vulnerability and resilience of these rapidly growing cities amid chronic and acute stresses and shocks; to also understand why and how multiple risks and protective factors converge and interact to constrain or enable cities to fulfil their core functions in times of stability and crisis; and finally to produce operationally relevant recommendations that could inform interventions.
Area-based approaches (ABAs) have gained traction in
recent years among humanitarian aid agencies... more Area-based approaches (ABAs) have gained traction in recent years among humanitarian aid agencies seeking to provide better responses in urban areas following a naturallytriggered disaster. This is in response to existing approaches that have struggled with the complexity of urban programming. This guidance note presents ten principles for enacting post-disaster urban ABAs. The principles are organised according to the project management cycle (assessment and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation) and are intended for use by humanitarian aid agencies. They are drawn from humanitarian action, and also good practice from developmental approaches that address chronic urban poverty.
The Sphere Handbook 2018 edition explicitlyincluded, for the first time, specific referencesto ur... more The Sphere Handbook 2018 edition explicitlyincluded, for the first time, specific referencesto urban settings.This guide, the 2020 edition of Using the Spher estandards in urban settings, expands on thatwork. It concentrates on Sphere’s four technicalchapters covering water supply, sanitationand hygiene promotion (WASH); Food securityand nutrition; Shelter and settlement; andHealth. Additional tools and approaches forurban response are included: Context analysis,Assessments, Profiling and Targeting; Area-basedapproaches and Cash and markets
Simulations are being used widely across the humanitarian sector, in a variety of contexts and in... more Simulations are being used widely across the humanitarian sector, in a variety of contexts and involve numerous stakeholders. The sector is placing increasing value on simulations as important staff capacity, preparedness and relationship building exercises. The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project Simulating the worst to prepare the bes t case study, addresses the questions of ‘What is a simulation and why use them?’ before focusing on six different simulation types to compare, contrast and draw lessons from. Related materials: Emergency Simulations: Administrators' guide Playing With Reality: Emergency Capacity Building Project simulations case study
There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, s... more There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, social and economic risks have on the ability of cities to function in times of shocks and stresses. While many frameworks and assessment tools have been developed to assess the technical resilience of the infrastructure of cities, there have been fewer attempts to holistically understand and map all the factors that interact to potentially produce functioning urban systems, including the role of institutions (both formal and informal). Applied integrated research is needed to understand the daily functioning, vulnerability and resilience of these rapidly growing cities amid chronic and acute stresses and shocks; to also understand why and how multiple risks and protective factors converge and interact to constrain or enable cities to fulfil their core functions in times of stability and crisis; and finally to produce operationally relevant recommendations that could inform interventions.
Journal of Research in Architecture and Planning, 2017
A city can be difficult to analyse. However, approaches such as urban morphology (the study of ur... more A city can be difficult to analyse. However, approaches such as urban morphology (the study of urban form) can assist with understanding what the city is by reflecting how urban form is influenced by interdependent social, governance and economic factors that contribute to building resilience. To illustrate how urban morphology can be used as an approach for understanding disaster resilience in cities, a case study of informal settlement upgrading impacted by a flood in Bangkok, Thailand is presented. A study of the Bang Bua Canal in Thailand’s capital city is used throughout the paper to demonstrate how disaster resilience can be analysed by using four morphological layers. The paper identifies key dimensions of resilience within each morphological layer. The dimensions highlight patterns of social, governance and economic influence on the built environment. Generalisable lessons from using morphology as an approach for understanding disaster resilience include: that resilience can...
There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, s... more There is growing recognition of the cumulative impact that converging environmental, political, social and economic risks have on the ability of cities to function in times of shocks and stresses. While many frameworks and assessment tools have been developed to assess the technical resilience of the infrastructure of cities, there have been fewer attempts to holistically understand and map all the factors that interact to potentially produce functioning urban systems, including the role of institutions (both formal and informal). Applied integrated research is needed to understand the daily functioning, vulnerability and resilience of these rapidly growing cities amid chronic and acute stresses and shocks; to also understand why and how multiple risks and protective factors converge and interact to constrain or enable cities to fulfil their core functions in times of stability and crisis; and finally to produce operationally relevant recommendations that could inform interventions.
Area-based approaches (ABAs) have gained traction in
recent years among humanitarian aid agencies... more Area-based approaches (ABAs) have gained traction in recent years among humanitarian aid agencies seeking to provide better responses in urban areas following a naturallytriggered disaster. This is in response to existing approaches that have struggled with the complexity of urban programming. This guidance note presents ten principles for enacting post-disaster urban ABAs. The principles are organised according to the project management cycle (assessment and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation) and are intended for use by humanitarian aid agencies. They are drawn from humanitarian action, and also good practice from developmental approaches that address chronic urban poverty.
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recent years among humanitarian aid agencies seeking to
provide better responses in urban areas following a naturallytriggered
disaster. This is in response to existing approaches
that have struggled with the complexity of urban programming.
This guidance note presents ten principles for enacting
post-disaster urban ABAs. The principles are organised
according to the project management cycle (assessment
and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation)
and are intended for use by humanitarian aid agencies.
They are drawn from humanitarian action, and also good
practice from developmental approaches that address chronic
urban poverty.
recent years among humanitarian aid agencies seeking to
provide better responses in urban areas following a naturallytriggered
disaster. This is in response to existing approaches
that have struggled with the complexity of urban programming.
This guidance note presents ten principles for enacting
post-disaster urban ABAs. The principles are organised
according to the project management cycle (assessment
and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation)
and are intended for use by humanitarian aid agencies.
They are drawn from humanitarian action, and also good
practice from developmental approaches that address chronic
urban poverty.