Course: Humanitarian Action, Response and Relief

Donors are changing their expectations. The UK government believes the cost of preparing for and responding to disasters should be financed through government-led and private sector-partnered arrangements, which draw on …

At this point, it is pertinent to explore the distinction between humanitarian actions and disaster response and management. As you will see from the literature and media coverage, the terms …

In the current humanitarian system, agreed coordinated plans for post-disaster action will not be sufficient on their own. The existing financing system for humanitarian response does not currently support preparedness …

Despite several decades that have emphasised disaster risk reduction approaches to reduce the impacts of disasters, humanitarians are still frequently called upon to assist communities and governments to respond to …

The drivers for preparedness come not just from media glare on tardy and ineffective responses, but also years of lessons identified in the sector (Ashdown 2011), and increasingly from international …

The model of disaster management as a cycle is well-established. It defines a cyclical process of actions required to manage risk and impacts in places prone to disasters and emergencies. …

Whilst the trend in death tolls has decreased over time, the more complex disasters can have a bigger impact over a longer period of time. Disasters and emergencies now affect …

(Wisner 1994) introduced a model framework to explain how disasters happen, calling it the Pressure And Release (PAR) Model. (Click to expand) According to the (UNISDR 2017) UN Office for …

Over and above describing or classifying disasters on the basis of their triggering hazard (if obvious), ie, disasters resulting from a flood or transport incident. There are two distinctions of …

‘Natural disaster’ is a widely used term, but in academic circles, authors began to question the ‘naturalness’ of disaster in the 1970s (O’Keefe et al. 1976). Up until these discussions, …

According to the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, disaster risk is defined as: The potential loss of life, injury or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a …

Watch the video where Moustafa talks about the issues faced by those involved in the aftermath of the Pakistan 2010 flood, and how that initial response was poorly managed. Course …

Your lead educator is Martin Nthakomwa, module course lecturer in International Disaster Relief and Community Reconstruction at Coventry University. Martin is both an academic and experienced humanitarian, with nearly two …