AlertNet.org, a project of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, is sufficiently rich in resources that it defies categorization. So we’ll try to highlight them in smaller bunches.

Their Resources for Aid Workers page – taken by itself – is filled with information tools – some for dealing with the press – but others that easily lend themselves to risk assessment and planning, and to public education.

Here’s one example of a data map. While this sort of information is critical for aid workers – it’s also valuable for planners to have this level of detail in order to anticipate and reduce risk.

More to come about AlertNet.