Issue Areas: Humanitarian and Disaster Relief
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Disaster Response in Asia and the Pacific: A Guide to International Tools and Services
Disaster Response in Asia and the Pacific: A Guide to International Tools and Services is designed to help disaster managers in national Governments gain basic knowledge of how to use international tools and services.The guide is not prescriptive.... + More
Navigating the Road to Housing Recovery: A Step-by-Step Guide for Individuals and Families Affected by Hurricane Sandy
Navigating the Road to Housing Recovery was developed jointly by NeighborWorks America and the FDIC. The purpose of the guide is to assist families in establishing stable and secure housing as they recover from devastating natural disasters. + More
Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities
This article focuses on geographic communities as fields in which human-made and natural events occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop an institutional perspective to unpack how and why major events within communities affect... + More
Creating Order From Chaos: Roles for Philanthropy in Disaster Planning and Response
Based on the fund's experiences after the 2011 tornadoes in Alabama, offers a framework for preparing for and responding to disasters. Lists funding and support opportunities through planning and preparation, first response, and recovery and... + More
One Year Later: Lessons from Recovery After the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake
The lessons from the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake are much the same as those the United States should have already learned from responding to its own large-scale disasters, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf oil spill, and the... + More
Surging Seas
Estimates sea level rise and risk of floods from storm surges in fifty-five low-lying coastal areas in the contiguous United States; land, populations, and housing at risk; and humanitarian and economic implications. Links to interactive map. + More
Philanthropic Grantmaking for Disasters
Outlines principles, best practices, and codes of conduct for humanitarian aid, including disaster relief and recovery; the evolution of Hilton's approach to disaster response grantmaking; current policies and practices; lessons learned; and... + More
Real Time Charitable Giving
Examines how the ability to send small donations via text message facilitated giving for Haiti earthquake relief efforts, including characteristics of text donors, preferred methods of giving and encouraging others to give, and giving to other... + More
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2011
Highlights examples of preparedness programs and capacities at risk of federal budget cuts or elimination, examines state and local public health budget cuts, reviews ten years of progress and shortfalls, and outlines policy issues and... + More
Organization of American States in Haiti: Election Monitoring or Political Intervention?, The?
This paper has to do with a question that is important for the future of the Hemisphere: namely, what to do about the Organization of American States (OAS)? On February 23, 2010, heads of state from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean met in... + More
