Essays about: "Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments VCAs"
Found 2 essays containing the words Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments VCAs.
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1. Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments as an organisational learning bridge for resilience building? A case study of Red Cross National Societies in the Caribbean
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Adaptive capacity based on organisational learning (OL) is at once a critical imperative facing humanitarian organisations in their mission to save lives and support communities most at risk; and inherently evidenced as an enduring weakness over the past decades. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) are community-based risk assessments established for their utility in supporting communities’ iterative learning. READ MORE
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2. Informing preparedness planning: Applications of community-based vulnerability and capacity data in the Philippines
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Disasters are not natural, but rather a combination of a natural hazard and its impact on vulnerable people and resources. Therefore, when engaging in disaster risk reduction and coming to an understanding of disaster risk, existing conditions within society should be understood. READ MORE