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Displaying 15 of about 34 resultsThis book aims to explain to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of geoinformation technologies for reducing disaster risks and losses, based on the knowledge and experience of experts in these fields. It covers all regions of the world and all aspects of disaster risk and its management. Disasters in China, German…
Community-based disaster risk reduction project, Bicol region, Philippines:
This brochure introduces a disaster risk reduction project implemented in the Philippines with the objective of reducing the population’s vulnerability to natural disasters like typhoon, landslide, flood, storm surge, tsunami, and earthquake, which pose risks to life, property…
A climate policy report by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC) and Oxfam, July 2010
As the world reels from the devastating impacts of climate change, financing sources for climate resilient development are proliferating at a rate and scale that, from initial appearance, may all but surpass traditional flows of official development…
This case study highlights the experience of undertaking a priority implementation partnership (PIP) on incorporating disaster risk impact assessments into the construction of new roads in the Philippines. It assesses the existing procedure of road planning with respect to hazards such as floods, typhoons, earthquakes and landslides, and identifying the…
This document provides practical examples of IFAD's efforts to help poor rural people dealing with the inevitable impact of climate change by listening to their voices while planning adaptation and mitigation efforts in order to reduce the risks of climate change while accelerating progress towards food security and a world without poverty. It intends t…
Final report:
This document reports on the conference convened in Jeju, Republic of Korea, on 3-6 December 2008, aimed at discussing and exchanging information and experiences on the following issues: (i) awareness of the impacts of climate change in island and coastal ecosystems; (ii) climate change research, adaptation and mitigation, and the use of…
This city profile of Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines, assesses the current level of climate disaster resilience under the Climate and Disaster Resilience Initiative (CDRI) using a survey among planning officers of the Metro Manila - one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world with its 16 cities and 1 municipality.
It highlights t…
This paper describes the experiences of the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation in community-driven measures to avoid disasters, in disaster preparedness and in disaster response. This is discussed in light of five disasters with large impacts on low-income groups: the Payatas trash-slide in Manila; the landslide in barangay Guinsaugon; the Mount M…
This declaration lays out a number of commitments countries will work towards to advance the rights of the nearly 1.2 billion children in the Asia-Pacific Region. It focuses on regional cooperation in three key areas: (i) disaster risk reduction; (ii) child protection and welfare systems; and (iii) ensuring that economic and social development is equita…
This advocacy report highlights how better legislation can help to significantly reduce the human suffering caused by the growing number of natural disasters. It highlights three areas where IFRC expects law to make a key difference in Asia Pacific and where the Red Cross and Red Crescent is supporting governments to tackle the problems: (i) internation…
This newsletter aims highlights the activities and outputs of a project designed to address the multidisciplinary aspects of volcanic threat assessment and management in the International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPCs) and Europe, from prevention to crisis management and recovery. It aims to develop useful products not only for the participating…
This document intends to provide local government units with the knowledge and capacity necessary to effectively comply the Philippines Republic Act no. 10121, which requires: (i) the establishment of Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (LDRRM) Office in every province, city, and municipality; and (ii) a LDRRM Plan, implemented together with lo…
This publication is a collection of contributions from presentations given at the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2008 aimed at underlining the importance of strong links between the risk management community and the public and private sectors. The scope of this book is both to investigate the linkage between disaster risk reductio…
Rural development Asia:
This paper addresses the urgent need to strengthen the adaptive capacity of coastal communities in South East Asia to help them cope with the impacts of climate change. It presents the projects GTZ is currently supporting to implement an integrated coastal area planning and management (ICAM) in the Philippines and in Viet Nam.…
This report presents the findings of a small survey of the warning system that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOLCS) used to issue a tsunami alert to Filipinos residing along the Pacific coast after the 27 February 2010 destructive 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile. It assesses the communication chain, reactions in case of w…