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Displaying 4 of about 4 results Southasiadisasters.net, issue no. 74, February 2011:
This issue focuses on promoting and protecting rights in flood recovery: prevention and response. It contains articles written by disaster risk reduction practitioners and community leaders: (i) advocacy round table - promoting and protecting rights in recovery; (ii) voices from community - a page f…
This document reports on Java Reconstruction Fund's achievements and progress in reconstruction in the five years since a major earthquake struck Central Java on May 27, 2006. It includes the prioritisation of disaster risk reduction in all aspects of its programme through earthquake resistant techniques and designs, community infrastructure projects, c…
This book describes (i) the background of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and its damages; (ii) the major problems during the rehabilitation process, and possible solutions; (iii) the details of the action plan for future community rehabilitation (Kobe Action Plan); and (iv) the Future Needs of the action plan implementation. It states that by aimin…
This handbook re-examines the role of women in disaster risk management in the practical context of Bangladesh. In this handbook, an attempt was made to illustrate their achievements along with their risks in a very easy and communicable way. It proposes that if women’s disaster risk reduction techniques are incorporated in the mainstream, then disaster…