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Displaying 10 of about 10 resultsIn January 2012, the area of Traditional Authority Mlolo in Nsanje District was hit by two floods after heavy rain led to the swelling of Ruo and Shire Rivers. The floods affected 10,376 people, out of which 6,159 were displaced. The most affected sectors were housing, water and sanitation, and agriculture.
This assessment provides the recovery, reco…
In 2010 and 2011, parts of Uganda experienced rainfall deficits, affecting the country in agricultural, hydrological, and socioeconomic terms. Rainfall deficits did not occur across the entire country, and the level of deficiency varied in different locations. Uganda was not as seriously affected in comparison to other countries in the Great Horn of Afr…
Nepal’s national action plan on disaster management consists of four main plans on: disaster preparedness, disaster response, disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation action, and disaster mitigation. The plan is presented in the form of a matrix indicating priority item groups, activities, time schedule, and executing agencies.
This report presents a system-level mapping and analysis of the performance of international humanitarian assistance. Section 4.3.2 focuses on preparedness, disaster risk reduction and the rise of resilience. This section highlights positives and negatives, for example:
- Through pooled funds, South Sudan has increased its preparedness capacity, with…
This report examines Haiti’s legal framework for facilitating and regulating international disaster assistance in the light of the IDRL Guidelines and the experience with the international response to the 2010 earthquake. It sets out recommendations for how to prepare for potential future disasters.
The IFRC’s International Disaster Response Laws, Rule…
This report describes country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake, storm, drought and wildfire, and presents governmental and institutional structures responsible for disaster management in Mongolia.
The report discusses major activities and accomplishments in disaster reduction during the International Decade for Natural Di…
This publication reports on the outcomes of a pilot project to ‘operationalize’ the Making Cities Resilient Campaign in three cities in Africa – Narok and Kisumu in Kenya and Moshi in Tanzania, commenced in 2012 by the UNISDR regional office for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. It also describes disaster prevention activities undertaken by pilot cities, an…
The primary conviction of this report is driven by a concern that people’s exposure and vulnerability, experienced individually and collectively, continue to be twin challenges for the Asia-Pacific region. Faced with growing economic losses and increasingly vulnerable populations, this report has analyzed the drivers of risks and the strategies that are…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
This paper explains the excess rainfall parametric insurance product of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and Swiss Re Excess Rainfall (XSR), which helps to mitigate the short-term cash flow problems small developing economies suffer after major natural disasters. The product is aimed primarily at extreme high rainfall events of…