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, 2014 The laws governing humanitarian action stand at the intersection of several fields of international law, regional agreements, soft law and domestic law. Through in-depth case studies and analyses, expert scholars and practitioners come together to offer interdisciplinary approaches which include contributions from legal policy, international relations ...
Mačák, K
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Humanitarian Action and Glocalism
Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2022 João Casqueira Cardoso +1 more
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AERIAL LiDAR TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT TO AVALANCHES PREVENTION AND RISK MITIGATION: AN OPERATIVE APPLICATION AT “COLLE DELLA MADDALENA” (ITALY) [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Snow avalanches are the result of unstable snow masses that detach from steep slopes as consequence of changes in snowpack structure. Nowadays, remote sensing technologies can improve the knowledge of avalanches phenomenon.
P. Boccardo +4 more
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Social capital undergirds coping strategies: evidence from two informal settlements in Nairobi
Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2022 Understanding the nature and scope of existing social capital is essential to building the resilience of people living in vulnerable urban settings. This paper explores the question of how aid organisations can better utilise social capital to build the ...
Desire Mpanje +4 more
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Affordability of an NGO-government partnership for community-based disability rehabilitation
African Journal of Disability, 2023 Background: Tunafasi is a community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programme for persons with disability, implemented by a local non-governmental organisation in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo, in partnership with government. To assess affordability and
Kelsey R. Vaughan, Ram K. Thapa
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Rapid Damage Estimation of Texas Winter Storm Uri from Social Media Using Deep Neural Networks
Urban Science, 2022 The winter storm Uri that occurred in February 2021 affected many regions in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The State of Texas was severely impacted due to the failure in the electricity supply infrastructure compounded by its limited ...
Yalong Pi +3 more
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Resisting bare life : civil solidarity and the hunt for illegalized migrants
, 2021 While European governments have pursued illegalized migrants for decades, the techniques through which they do so have taken a more radical turn since 2015.
Agier M. +9 more
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Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2022 The article explores the links between humanitarian action and aid to development, focusing more specifically on the model Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development.
Lukasz Urbaniak +1 more
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Humanitarian Action and Military Intervention: Temptations and Possibilities. [PDF]
, 2004 Although the war in Liberia in July 2003 claimed hundreds of lives, the international community was reluctant to intervene. In this article, the author debates the question: does international military intervention equal protection of populations?
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Social capital in vulnerable urban settings: an analytical framework
Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2018 Social capital has been identified as crucial to the fostering of resilience in rapidly expanding cities of the Global South. The purpose of this article is to better understand the complexities of urban social interaction and how such interaction can ...
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