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1. Introduction
2. Format of the talk
3. What is a "disaster"?
4. The CRED database
5. Types of disasters
6. UN report on demand for humanitarian assistance
7. Occurrence of reported natural disasters
8. Time trend of reported disasters - last 30 years
9. 3 explanations for the high levels of disasters
10. Two contradicting trends
11. Some recent major natural disasters
12. Reported deaths by disaster type
13. Average numbers affected by disasters
14. What is a "non-government organisation" (NGO)?
15. Major humanitarian aid groupings
16. So how many NGOs are there?
17. The top NGOs
18. Humanitarian logistics definition
19. Aid Agencies are logistic organisations
20. Disaster management cycle
21. Humanitarian logistics - 5 key challenges
22. Humanitarian and commercial supply networks
23. Needs assessment
24. Pakistan earthquake - 2005
25. The area affected by the Pakistan earthquake
26. Pakistan earthquake - 2005 - statistics
27. The movement of the Tectonic Plates
28. The size of the area affected by the earthquake
29. Aftershocks
30. Damage created by the earthquake
31. Cities and valleys affected
32. Remote mountain villages remain inaccessible
33. The difficult roads
34. Aerosonde UAV
35. Funding required vs. reality: complex emergency
36. Example: cost to avoid malnutrition in Niger
37. Funding requirement vs. reality: rapid onset
38. IFRC funding sources
39. Disaster management cycle
40. Think differently?
41. Comparison between modes of transfer
42. Metrics
43. Competition, cooperation, coordination
44. Bandar aceh - 546 recorded organisations
45. Pakistan and Haiti: things have not got better
46. The UN clusters and leads
47. Organisational learning is a challenge
48. Cyclone SIDR - 2007
49. Bangladesh - some statistics
50. Major cyclones in Bangladesh: 1970-2007
51. Cyclone Bhola - 12 Nov 1970
52. Cyclone GORKY - 29 Apr 1991
53. Cyclone SIDR - 10 Nov 2007
54. South Bangladesh statistics
55. Disaster management cycle - prevention
56. Early warning systems
57. Cyclone shelters
58. Mangrove forests provide natural protection
59. Summary

Topics Covered

• Definitions of a disaster
• Disaster frequency and impact
• Non-government organizations (NGOs), definitions and roles
• Key challenges
• Needs assessment
• Funding
• coordination
• Metrics
• Organizational learning
• 2005 Pakistan earthquake
• Bangladesh cyclones

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• Supply Chain Management

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• Technology & Operations

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Publication History

• Published on November 1, 2012