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Consise set of guidelines detailing the reconstruction of housing affected by 2004 Indian Ocean and Tsunami. Main sections include: disaster and effects, construction and planning aspects for resistance against disasters, retrofitting of exiting buildings, repairs and strengthening of buildings.

This report addresses disasters that are the product of a hazard such as earthquake, flood or wind storm coinciding with a vulnerable situation which might include communities, cities or villages. There are two main components in this definition: hazard

National efforts, vol. 1

The Indian experience in managing the drought of 1987, regarded as one of the worst the country faced in the century, evoked appreciation both in India and abroad. A systematic attempt was made by the Department of Agriculture

This document looks back at what India has been done in the past and into take new initiatives during the Decade, and plan ahead for reducing the impact of the natural hazards.

This colouring book is designed for children to help them learn how to protect themselves from fire, earthquakes and floods while colouring. Each colouring page is accompanied by action steps to take.

The Biosafety Protocol provides a common and binding framework for countries to address issues of safety in biotechnology besides addressing issues of advance informed agreement, precautionary principle and information sharing. It is anticipated that the

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

UNDP has been supporting various initiatives of the central and state Governments to strengthen the disaster management capacities for nearly a decade. UNDP proposes to accelerate capacity building in disaster reduction and recovery activities at the