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Critical infrastructure

The physical structures, facilities, networks and other assets which provide services that are essential to the social and economic functioning of a community or society.

One failure can trigger a chain reaction.
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OMM destaca trabajo del IDEAM en vigilancia de ecosistemas de Alta Montaña

Durante la presentación mundial dela Tercera Conferencia Mundial sobre el Clima, la OMM en sus comunicados oficiales destacó ampliamente el intenso trabajo del Gobierno de Colombia, por medio del proyecto Piloto de Adaptación Nacional...

Sistema Nacional de Prevencion y Atencion de Desastres
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Mexico: Reconoce ONU labor en prevención de desastres

"Involucrar a la sociedad civil para que esté preparada en el uso de los planes preventivos en materia de desastres, es uno de los objetivos que se tienen al realizar eventos como el Seminario Internacional", indicó Dan Lewis...

El Mexicano - Gran Diario Regional
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Tsunami impacts on shallow groundwater and associated water supply on the East coast of Sri Lanka

A post-tsunami well recovery support initiative and an assessment of groundwater salinity in three areas of Batticaloa and Ampara Districts:

The present document is the report of a project that was conceived as a first phase of a larger effort to support

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in the education sector in Cambodia

This study on impacts of disasters on the education sector in Cambodia aims to build an evidence-based rationale to raise awareness on integrating DRR concerns into education policies, programs and plans and to advocate for changing practices in school

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
National Committee for Disaster Management (Cambodia)
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
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Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in the education sector in Lao PDR

This study on impacts of disasters on the education sector in Lao PDR aims to build an evidence-based rationale to raise awareness on integrating DRR concerns into education policies, programs and plans and to advocate for changing practices in school

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
National Disaster Management Office (Lao People's Democratic Republic)
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Ministry of Education (Lao People's Democratic Republic)
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Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in the education sector in the Philippines

This study on impacts of disasters on the education sector in the Philippines aims to build an evidence-based rationale to raise awareness on integrating DRR concerns into education policies, programs and plans and to advocate for changing practices in

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Philippines)
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Department of Education of the Philippines
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WHO and UNICEF call for strengthened risk reduction measures for hospitals and schools

The World Health Organization and UNICEF today called on governments to strengthen risk reduction measures in four key areas so that health and education systems are able to cope with disasters, including the risks from climate change...

World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Disasters, disability and technology

Ashok Hans and Reena Mohanty appeal for international standards to be set for disability in disaster management and response. They assess technologies available during disasters and argue that excluding the disabled out of disaster policies and plans and

Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre
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