Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Northern California Wildfires and Lessons Learned: Medical Health Response and Shelters

04/03/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: County of Marin (CA). Published: 4/3/2019. This two-hour, 40-minute recording is from a meeting and panel discussion about lessons learned from the northern California wildfires of 2017, the medical health response, and the need for shelters. Panelists discuss their experiences in responding to the fires, which affected five counties, and the community and personal impact of the fires. The 6,000 structures destroyed included homes, businesses, and hospitals. (Video or Multimedia)

Points of No Return: Estimating Governments’ Fiscal Resilience to Internal Displacement

03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Published: 3/2019. This eight-page paper, part of the Thematic Series "The Ripple Effect: Economic Impacts of Internal Displacement," estimates the fiscal gap that governments of countries affected by internal displacement may face because of future displacement crises. One of the main objectives of this research is to inform budget and development plans by anticipating contingent liabilities associated with internal displacement. It discusses how, even when the needs of the people affected by these crises are met and responses planned efficiently, internal displacement damages social networks, mental and physical health, productivity, wellbeing, and welfare. (PDF)

Monitoring Progress to Reduce Internal Displacement : Building a Global Internal Displacement Index

03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Published: 3/2019. This 25-page report presents the rationale and methodology of the Internal Displacement Index (IDI), which provides a global overview of the internal displacement situation and will be systematically accompanied with country-specific information and resources for additional material helping its interpretation. The IDI will be applied to more countries in 2019 and is intended to be updated annually. It is published with the aim of facilitating progress monitoring on internal displacement by affected governments, their partners, aid providers, development agencies, academics, and other interested stakeholders. It is part of the Thematic Series "Beyond the Numbers." (PDF)