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Indonesia: Buildings on shaky ground in event of another quake, says survey
19 Nov 2009, IRIN
West Sumatra province, recently hit by a deadly 7.9 magnitude earthquake, is likely to experience an even bigger quake, and buildings need to be constructed to withstand this, experts say...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 4.2 [PDF, 102Kb]Social development policies and plans are being implemented to reduce the vulnerability of populations most at risk
- Indicator 4.3 [PDF, 93Kb]Economic and productive sectorial policies and plans have been implemented to reduce the vulnerability of economic activities
- Indicator 4.6 [PDF, 85Kb]Procedures are in place to assess the disaster risk impacts of major development projects, especially infrastructure
- Indicator 5.3 [PDF, 86Kb]Financial reserves and contingency mechanisms are in place to support effective response and recovery when required.
- 3rd International disaster and risk conference29 May - 03 Jun 2010, Switzerland (Davos)
- 9th US national and 10th Canadian conference on earthquake engineering: reaching beyond borders25-29 Jul 2010, Toronto (Toronto)
- 4th International tsunami symposium25-29 Jul 2010, Canada (Toronto)
- Earthquake disasters: from rapid response toward mitigationUNIGE, Switzerland (Geneva)
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Technical primer on climate change in the Philippines2010, COMSTE, Philippines - gov
- Adapting to climate change in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union2010, WB
- Trade and climate change2009, UNEP; UNWTO
- Jet Li: Hospitals safe from disasters2009, UNISDR; WB; WHO
- BBC World Debate: ‘Prevent or React’2009, BBC
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