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  1. Case Study No 8 - Using high resolution imagery for Camp Management in Haiti

    8case-study-haiti_camp_management.14april2016.pdf 2.49 MB
    IOM considers the use of mapping drones a helpful tool to plan shelter units and to monitor the evolution of camps. As a result, IOM has been using drones since 2012 for this purpose. An initial drone flight in Port-au-Prince in February 2012 provided figures on seven camps for persons displaced by...
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  2. Case Study 6 - Mapping Rapid Damage Assessments of Tabarre and Surrounding Communities in Haiti following Hurricane Sandy

    6case-study-haiti.14april2016.pdf 1.52 MB
    The timely availability of aerial imagery of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, combined with existing open source imagery and census data, allowed analysts to determine with precision where assistance was needed. The ability of drones to acquire the imagery depended on pilots gaining access to...
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  3. Case Study No. 5: Mapping – Testing the Utility of Mapping Drones for Early Recovery in the Philippines

    5case-study-philippine.14april2016.pdf 1.55 MB
    A project employing drones in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan explored how aerial imagery might support recovery and reconstruction activities. Ultimately, the imagery captured by drones became useful in both a tactical and strategic sense during the retrofitting of shelters, and helped not only to...
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  4. Case Study No. 4: Mapping – Deploying Drones for Spatial Modeling of Displaced Landmines after floods in Bosnia Herzegovina

    4case-study-balkans.14april2016.pdf 1.26 MB
    Heavy floods and landslides in Bosnia Herzegovina shifted minefields and explosive remnants of war (ERW) into inhabited areas. The Belgian Royal Military Academy (RMA) team worked with the Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Centre (BHMAC) to use drone images that would help model the potential...
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  6. Case Study No.1: Mapping – Flood Mapping for Disaster Risk Reduction: Obtaining High-Resolution Imagery to Map and Model Flood Risks in Dar es Salaam.

    1case-studies-dar-es-salaam-final2.pdf 5.3 MB
    Drones provided high-resolution, up-to-date imagery that was essential to the development of exposure maps and for modeling flood risks in Dar es Salaam. The success of the project has led to further applications and to government funding for infrastructure improvements in vulnerable areas...
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  8. Innovation at UNHCR 2014

    1992_unhcr_annual_report_web_art.pdf 2.49 MB
    What is an innovation lab? How do you measure innovation? These and other questions are answered in UNHCR Innovation's 2014 report which shares lessons, presents projects, explains the work of UNHCR innovation fellows and more. View or download the report directly : http://innovation.unhcr.org/...
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  9. Principles for Ethical Humanitarian Innovation - Draft Principles based on joint HIP-WHS Oxford Workshop

    principles_for_ethical_humanitarian_innovation_-_final_paper1.pdf 721.62 KB
    These principles were drafted based on an initial World Humanitarian Summit workshop convened at the University of Oxford on 27 April 2015 by the Humanitarian Innovation Project based at the Refugee Studies Centre. The workshop included the participation of ICRC, UNHCR, UNICEF, OCHA, the World...
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  10. Strengthening the humanitarian innovation ecosystem

    humanitarian_innovation_ecosystem_research_project_final_report_with_recommendations.pdf 981.26 KB
    The Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM) at the University of Brighton published the final report of its 12-month reserach project on mapping the humantarian innovation ecosystem. In 3 sections, they explain what innovation ecosystems are, how this works in humanitarian aid and...
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