The Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM) Scoping Tool is a structured methodology designed to assess the feasibility, gaps, and opportunities for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) systems across multiple dimensions. The tool combines a standardized questionnaire and facilitated focus-group workshops to capture both quantitative appraisals and qualitative insights from DRM stakeholders. This methodology policy-paper outlines the conceptual foundations, design, and application of the tool, providing guidance on its implementation in diverse contexts. The IDRM Scoping Tool enables researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to systematically explore DRM integration at city and national levels, track trends over time, and inform policy and governance improvements. Additionally, it highlights the importance of complementary studies — such as actor-mapping and in-depth governance analysis — to strengthen its applicability. While the tool offers a flexible and participatory approach to evaluating DRM systems, it is not intended as a standalone assessment but rather as an exploratory step to guide further research and decision-making. Likewise, the paper discusses the advantages, limitations, and potential refinements of the tool, with the aim of continually enhancing its contribution to disaster risk governance and resilience-building efforts.
View lessThis practical handbook on forms of participation in population protection (Bevölkerungsschutz) is aimed in particular at authorities and organizations in population protection. In addition to the forces in authorities and organizations in population protection, we distinguish between three types of volunteers outside of these institutions (often referred to as spontaneous volunteers): 1) integrated into processes of authorities and organizations in population protection, 2) active in intermediary organizations, or 3) self-sufficient (organized) volunteers without direct contact to authorities and organizations in population protection. Based on this typology of volunteering and the corresponding type of engagement profiles, criteria are outlined that can influence cooperation between authorities and organizations in population protection and external volunteers. Finally, four strategic areas for dealing with external volunteers are presented.
View lessDas vorliegende Arbeitsmaterial stellt die von der Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS) im Projekt WEXICOM III generierten Empfehlungen zur Verbesserung von Wetterwarnungen mit Fokus auf die Bedürfnisse spezifischer Bevölkerungsgruppen vor. Die Vorschläge wurden aus den Erkenntnissen mehrerer empirischer Studien gewonnen. Es werden fünf Zielbereiche fokussiert, die jeweils theoretisch und empirisch begründet werden.
Das Manual richtet sich an Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben (BOS) und fasst praxisorientierte Handlungsempfehlungen, welche in dem Forschungsprojekt KOPHIS gewonnenen wurden, zur Sicherstellung der Versorgung ambulant gepflegter hilfs- und pflegebedürftiger Menschen in Extremsituationen anschaulich und übersichtlich zusammen.
Das vorliegende Policy Paper stellt die von der Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS) im Projekt KOPHIS generierten Handlungsvorschläge zur Sicherstellung der ambulanten Versorgung von Hilfs- und Pflegebedürftigen für Kata-strophenschutzbehörden und andere politische Entscheider*innen vor. Es werden fünf Zielbereiche fokussiert und jeweils theoretisch untermauert.
