Preparedness

18,000 rural households will be relocated over the next three years to avoid further disasters due to natural hazards said Song Guangqi, director of Sichuan Provincial Land and Resources Department yesterday...

Institutions for rural development series, no. 8

The in-depth look at the situation in a disaster-prone area of The Philippines of this case study contributes to the understanding of the impact of local institutions in the design and implementation of

This game, created by Indian NGO SEEDS, presents the Disaster Management cycle to children in an entertaining and fun way. Raising awareness among children introduces them to the concepts of risk and mitigation. It teaches them to identify vulnerabilities

Two-pages report outlining non-structural damage to the five schools within the Coalinga district in California, affected by the 1983 earthquake.

This report builds on lessons learned during two severe earthquakes in California, where it was observed that persons with physical or mental disabilities were disadvantaged by otherwise well planned disaster preparedness measures.

Templates for developing plans for reacting to emergency situations including fire, floods, earthquakes, chemical spills, gas leaks, volcanic eruptions, bomb or arson threats, armed intruders, and missing children.

The Project “Disaster Awareness in Primary Schools” is an effort aiming to strengthen risk awareness in Indonesian Primary Schools and to prepare the school community to act in a way that the risk of becoming victim is reduced in case disaster strikes

This research paper represents the first systematic attempt to examine the effects of school-based interventions on children's sel-freported PTSD-related distress and coping ability following a series of volcanic eruptions in a sample of 112 children.