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Displaying 15 of about 38 resultsBetween March 12 and 14, 2015, Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu as an extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone. Eleven fatalities were subsequently confirmed in Tafea and Shefa Provinces. An estimated 65,000 people were displaced from their homes. Approximately 17,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, including houses, schools, clinics, and other…
From January to April 2015, Mozambique experienced prolonged heavy rain, which contributed to the rising of water levels in the Zambezi, Licungo and Shire River basins, exposing the population to flooding. Factors which contributed to the high level of flooding are: (i) heavy rainfall; (ii) flat terrain; (iii) high tide; and (iv) inappropriate drainage…
During the night of 13-14 June 2015, heavy rainfall over the Vere River basin led to flash floods that struck the Vake and Saburtalo neighbourhoods of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, as well as other areas of the city along the right bank of the river Mtkvari. The Lisi, Tsodoreti, Napetvrebi, Bevreti, Tskhaldidi, Betania and Tskhneti areas around Tbil…
This guide provides the essential information to assist policy makers and other stakeholders in formulating a framework for the medium- to long-term post-disaster recovery. This framework will help in articulating the recovery vision; defining the recovery strategy; prioritizing actions; fine-tuning planning; and providing guidance on financing, im…
The policy has been developed to guide disaster risk management mainstreaming in Malawi by devising policy strategies aimed at achieving the long term goal of reducing disaster losses in lives and in the social, economic and environmental assets of communities and the nation as envisioned in the “Social Support and Disaster Risk Management” section of t…
This Act regulates the protection of people, animals, property, cultural heritage and environment against natural and other disasters.
It defines as the basic tasks of the system of protection against natural and other disasters to be the following: (i) detection, monitoring and research of natural and other disaster hazards; (ii) prevention of natural…
This working paper aims to complement the post disaster needs assessment of the Government of Nepal by providing insights into the livelihood dimensions of the earthquake and its socioeconomic and livelihood impacts. It explores the strategic choices and options for developing resilient livelihoods post-earthquake. It details a number of key elements of…
This report examines the level of preparedness of the Government of Malawi for facilitating and regulating the entry and operation of international actors during disasters that require external support and to provide recommendations on how to strengthen the legal and regulatory framework pertaining to disaster risk management in light of the IDRL Guidel…
NTS Bulletin February 2015:
This bulletin addresses the progress on DRR of the ASEAN Member States. It is a review of the progress made under the Hyogo Framework and consider the way forward for DRR. This brief review is provided by By Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore.
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This act sets out a comprehensive legal framework for disaster risk management. It provides for the establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, as well as for disaster risk management and the National Disaster Management Plan, coordination mechanism for disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, establishment and manageme…
This final report presents the outcomes of the Making Cities Resilient New Orleans-Gothenburg exchange. The exchange was part of the United Nation's Making Cities Resilient campaign and concerned with disaster resilience with particular focus on high water levels and flood risk shared by the two coastal cities. With the objective of exchanging informati…
This report focuses on the first five months after the Nepal Earthquakes of 2015. Interviews conducted during the Earthquake and Megacities Initiative (EMI) Field Mission in June were supported by extensive desk research conducted by the authors to document pertinent information on the response and early recovery activities involving the Government of N…
Policy Research Paper 7482:
This paper evaluates how the Philippines utilize social protection systems and programs to help households better manage disaster risk.
Exposure and vulnerability to natural disasters and the effects of climate change are particularly high in the Philippines. At the same time, the Philippines has developed one of the most a…
This disaster risk reduction situation report on the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake is divided into three parts: historical disaster impacts, risks and scenarios, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) implementation status. It provides an overview of Nepal's nationally reported losses 1971-2013 and internationally reported losses 1900-2014; probabilistic ec…
This document outlines Japan's cooperation for disaster risk reduction (DRR) from 2015 to 2018, through a triple approach combining: (i) non-material assistance, such as human resource development and institutional development, (ii) material assistance centering on the development of quality infrastructure, and (iii) the promotion of global and region-w…