Preparedness

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to and recover from the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

Preparedness action is carried out within the context of disaster risk management and aims to build the capacities needed to efficiently manage all types of emergencies.

This theme covers aspects related to preparedness, contingency planning, disaster response plans, prevention, anticipatory action.

What’s the difference between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster risk management (DRM)?

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17 November 2008

Climate change and disaster impact reduction

This publication is the edited volume of the UK-South Asia Young Scientists and Practitioners Seminar on Climate Change and Disaster Impact Reduction at Kathmandu, Nepal on 05-06 June, 2008. This event focused on the link between climate change and

Disaster and Development Network

Development Partnerships in Higher Education

Documents and publications

17 November 2008

UK-South Asia scientists and practitioners seminar on climate change, disaster risk governance and emergency management: papers and proceedings

This set of Proceedings summarize the UK-Southeast Asia Scientists and Practitioners Seminar held at the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on disaster risk reduction in the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 02-03 December, 2008. The seminar

ProVention Consortium

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Disaster and Development Network

National Security Council

Development Partnerships in Higher Education

Universiti Putra Malaysia

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13 November 2008

British Virgin Isles: Flood hazard mapping in process

Flood hazard maps will soon be made available by the Department of Disaster Management...

Virgin Islands Platinum News and BVI Daily News, Platinum Investors Limited

Documents and publications

16 November 2008

Análisis educativo: comunicacional sobre gestión del riesgo en la subregión Andina

In Spanish:

El presente informe recoge los resultados iniciales correspondientes a una primera fase de diagnóstico dentro de la realización de la actividad “Diseñar una Estrategia de Sensibilización, Comunicación, Capacitación y Educación sobre Gestión

European Commission

Andean Community General Secretariat

Documents and publications

16 November 2008

Memoria del taller gestión del riesgo y adaptación al cambio climático en el sector agropecuario en las subregiones Andina y Amazónica, 11 al 13 Setiembre 2007

In Spanish:

La tendencia creciente de desastres asociados con eventos climáticos extremos (lluvias intensas, sequías, etc) perjudica seriamente las estructuras económicas, sociales, institucionales, ambientales y, en general, la competitividad del sector

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

European Commission

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)

Andean Community General Secretariat

Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas

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3 November 2008

Bangladesh: Call for new disaster management institute

The author, Dr. A.K.M. Abdul Ahad Biswas, from the Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) in Bangladesh, underlines the need for a new degree-offering academic and research institute for disaster management as a long term risk reduction strategy....

New Nation, the - Ittefaq Group of Publications Limited