Course: Humanitarian Action, Response and Relief

In the next few articles and activities, we will explore the build up to and impact of the floods in Pakistan in 2010 in order to consider the relationship between …

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 …