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This study aims to assess shelter recovery in the Delta and its resilience for future disasters, thus addressing the priorities for action III and IV of the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA), and to provide added value by facilitating a system wide analysis and a study of the recovery process with a focus on 'building back better'.
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This report highlights the ways UNICEF is working to foster children's resilience in the face of tragedy, and their capacity to hope for – and build – a better future at the individual, community and institutional levels. The first chapter especially

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This report is the culmination of an intensive Knowledge Sharing Workshop conducted among ASEAN Member States on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Education held in Malacca, Malaysia on 18-19 February 2011. The first part of the workshop report

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This action plan is intended to help make Myanmar disaster resilient and has been prepared through a consultative and partnership approach. It has identified projects which need to be implemented to meet the Hyogo Framework for Action 2015 and HFA and the

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This document presents a South-East Asia specific disaster risk reduction framework that provides more specific guidance to National Societies in acknowledgement of the Framework for Community Safety and Resilience and global guidance, which outlines the

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This calendar has been developed to help better prepare for food-related emergencies. It works by combining the most authoritative data on seasonal hazards like floods, droughts, pests and cyclones with information about crop cycles and weather patterns.

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This guideline has been prepared by Government of Myanmar (Relief and Resettlement and General Administration Department) and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) to assist the Township authorities to develop or upgrade their existing disaster

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This article discusses the drivers of climate change in the HinduKush Himalayan region. It describes the geological and climatically induced hazards, such as earthquakes, heavy rainfalls, floods, glacial lake outburst floods and landslides, and their

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