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This review is established to examine how best to ensure that the appropriate national measures are in place to foster more complete sharing of risk and equitable sharing of the cost of damage and loss resulting from floods and other natural disasters

'The research reveals that in spite of reports indicating the average incident can cost up to $US500,000, disaster recovery plans among Australian businesses is not as widespread as imagined, particularly when it comes to the workplace'...

'Being prepared before a disaster strikes is key. My hope in 2012 is that our island people become more self reliant because too often I've seen people fall victims of a disaster solely because they weren't prepared'...

The global tourism industry is increasingly resilient to both natural and man made threats. The effective management of natural disasters is enacted in four phases: readiness, reduction, response and recovery...

Although children and youth are often portrayed as victims of disaster and climate change it is about time that Children and youth should be encouraged to participate in disaster risk reduction and decision making...

ARN reports that Australian gov agencies say communities are too dependent on emergency services organisations as well as associated technologies for disaster notifications. 'Resilience in disaster situations is achieved through partnerships between all levels of Government, the community and the commercial sector' says SAFECOM chief in the report...

In a report by the Age, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, Chris Latham urged that because of increasing urbanisation and the effects of climate change, a national disaster insurance scheme is now needed more than ever and that with government support the scheme could be introduced within three years...

The Solomon Star reports on a initiative for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness in the Pacific. 'This survey will provide valuable information on building construction types and making them safer with respect to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunami,' said project leader, Phil Glassey of GNS Science. The project is part of a joint initiative involving the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Regional Partnership for climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness.