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Americas
New York City is just beginning to gird for the '100-year storm'
3 Feb 2012, Capital
In her article for Capital, Katharine Jose addresses a very real danger the city may be facing as a result of environmental changes already well underway: Sea-level rise. 'You have to stop building more assets in a risky way in flood zones. Start with avoiding bad things for the future'...
- E-learning course on safe and resilient cities06-29 Feb 2012, United States of America (Washington D.C.)
- Congreso nacional protección civil 2.0: El siguiente paso16-17 Feb 2012, Mexico (Querétaro, Qro.)
- Esri federal GIS conference22-24 Feb 2012, United States of America (Washington, D.C.)
- Regional Policy & Plans
- Saint-Marc Plan of Action2010, ACS
- Plan of action on safe hospitals2010, PAHO; WHO
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General Facts
- Population: 857 million (2005)
- Density: 20 per sq km
- Total Area: 42,322 sq km (X 1,000)
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2010Feb 2011, Munich Re
- Haiti, 2 ans après2012, CRF
- Weather hastened Haiti quake - experts2011, AlertNet
- ARkStorm scenario2011, USGS, United States of America - gov
- Head of national society support and knowledge developmentHaiti (Port-au-Prince (Base Camp)), IFRC
- Regional manager, Asia, Middle East & Europe regionUnited States of America , ARC
- Disaster risk management senior specialistUnited States of America (Washington, DC), IDB
External Online Resources
- Adaptation Partnership: Review of existing and planned adaptation actions (by region and country)
- America Latina Genera
- CRID: El Centro Regional de Información sobre Desastres (in Spanish)
- CRID: Regional Disaster Information Centre Latin America and the Caribbean (in English)
- Cruz Roja Media Luna Roja reducción del riesgo de desastres / IFRC Latin America disaster risk reduction (in Spanish)
- Desinventar: Inventory system of the effects of disasters
- Educación y gestión del riesgo en América Latina y El Caribe
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- HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk)
- HFA-pedia: an online disaster risk reduction resource (in English and Spanish)
- Knowledge network on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- OIKOS, capacitación para la sostenibilidad
- PAHO: hospitals safe from disasters campaign 2008-2009
- SATCA: Early warning system for Central America
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
- US drought portal
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- WMO: severe weather information centre
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See also
- Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
- Andean Community General Secretariat (CAN)
- Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
- ASOCAM Plataforma Latinoamericana de Gestión de Conocimientos
- Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
- Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCC)
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
- Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD)
- Central United States Earthquake Consortium, the (CUSEC)
- Centro de Coordinacion para la Prevencion de los Desastres Naturales en America Central (CEPREDENAC)
- Comité Andino para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres (CAPRADE)
- Comité Regional de Recursos Hidráulicos
- Dominica Red Cross Society (RCS Dominica)
- Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster Reduction,OAS (IACNDR)
- Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)
- Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
- Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA)