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Measurement and management of urban hazards and vulnerability in order to improve awareness and local capacity to effectively reduce disaster risk.
Italia: Orsoni vola a Ginevra per la quarta Global Platform sulle città resilienti
21 May 2013, VeneziaToday, Citynews SPA
Il sindaco interverrà come uno dei principali speaker nella sessione plenaria della Conferenza sulla "Resilienza e patrimonio culturale", organizzata da UNESCO, per sottolineare il valore della cultura e come la manutenzione dei centri storici delle città e del loro patrimonio culturale sia fondamentale anche per far fronte ai bisogni di coesione sociale, vivibilità e sviluppo economico dei territori...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 1.3 [PDF, 114Kb]Community Participation and decentralisation is ensured through the delegation of authority and resources to local levels
- Indicator 3.4 [PDF, 102Kb]Countrywide public awareness strategy exists to stimulate a culture of disaster resilience, with outreach to urban and rural communities
- 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 4.4 [PDF, 101Kb]Planning and management of human settlements incorporate disaster risk reduction elements, including enforcement of building codes
- Global platform for disaster risk reduction 2013: Fourth session19-23 May 2013, Switzerland (Geneva)
- 6th International i-Rec conference: Sustainable post-disaster reconstruction - From recovery to risk reduction26-30 May 2013, Centro Stefano Franscini Ascona, Switzerland
- Climate change and regional response 2013 (CCRR-2013)27-29 May 2013, Germany (Dresden, Westin Bellevue)
- Master of disaster management and risk governanceUni Bonn, Germany (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)
- Diplomado internacional de especialización en derechos humanos, gestión del riesgo y políticas públicas de prevención de desastres en América Latina y el CaribeHenry Dunant Fndn Lat Am, Chile (Santiago del Chile)
- Geospatial technology capacity building program (GTCB)GSAREH
Guía para análisis de amenazas, vulnerabilidades y capacidades 'AVC' con la participación de niñas, niños y adolescentes para el contexto urbano2013, CRIC; Plan Intl; UNDP Ecuador
Manual de ingenieria naturalistica2012, Plan Intl; SNGR, Ecuador - gov; UNDP Ecuador
Making cities resilient summary for policymakers: a global snapshot of how local governments reduce risk2013, UNISDR
Rio de Janeiro em busca da resiliência frente chuvas fortes2013, Secretaria de Estado de Defesa Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - gov; SUOP, Brazil - gov
Contours des zones inondables en France liées aux fleuves et cours d’eauJan 2010, MEDDTL, France - gov
Estimation du nombre de logements situés en zone inondable an FranceJan 2010, MEDDTL, France - gov
Aléa sismique en FranceOct 2010, MEDDTL, France - gov
- Making Cities Resilient: Getting construction professionals involved - Webinars2012, CIB; UNISDR
- Thematic debate on disaster risk reduction2012, UNGA; UNISDR NY
- Haiti, 2 ans après2012, CRF
- Oficial Nacional de Enlace Perú – Proyecto DIPECHO América del Sur 2013-2014 (UNISDR)Peru (Lima), UNISDR - AM
- Disaster risk reduction adviserUnited Kingdom (London, with up to 90 days overseas travel per year), British Red Cross
External Online Resources
- Biblioteca virtual portátil sobre riesgo urbano
- Business partnerships with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- China Risk Net - 中国风险网
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- Confined Masonry Network
- CRID: Urban risk documentation collection (in English and Spanish)
- Cross-Cutting Capacity Development Program (3CD Program)
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- GFDRR: Safer homes, safer communities website
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- Megacities Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Base (MDRM-KB)
- National Disaster Management Authority of India guidelines: multiple hazards, capacity development, information and risk management
- ProCivibus: A crowdsourcing system for collaborative emergency planning
- UK Climate Impacts Programme: Adaptation actions database
- UN-HABITAT: disaster assessment portal
- World Bank: Urban development in Latin America and the Caribbean - DRM resources
- World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE)
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