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Displaying 15 of about 63 resultsIn the first few months of 2008, three consecutive cyclones struck Madagascar affecting 17 of 22 regions. The paths of Fame and Ivan crossed in the central plain around the capital of Antananarivo, while Jokwe grazed the northern tip of the island. These cyclones were accompanied by heavy rainfall, especially in the northeast and northwest. These catego…
This post-disaster needs assessment provides estimates of the damages and losses, and the costs for reconstruction and recovery following the 2009 floods in Burkina Faso.
The assessment concluded that the floods caused the following negative impacts on the areas affected: the human toll was 119,356 victims, 46 deaths, 63 injured, and 1 person not…
The people of Uganda, through the Constituent Assembly in Objective 23 and Article 249 of the resulting Constitution, called for an end to intolerable and persistent loss of life, suffering and disruption of economic activities by disasters resulting from the lack of preparedness and patchy uncoordinated responses. Relief, disaster risk reduction and ma…
This brief is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents a comprehensive Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted after the 2012 floods in Nigeria which came with unprecedented losses in human life and productivity. The PDNA thoroughly analyzed the social and economic impact of…
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…
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…
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A presente Lei estabelece o regime jurídico da gestão das calamidades, compreendendo a prevenção, mitigação dos efeitos destruidores das calamidades, desenvolvimento de acções de socorro e assistência, bem como as acções de reconstrução e recuperação das áreas afectadas.
This act provides for an integrated and coordinated disaster management policy in South Africa that focuses on preventing and reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters, emergency preparedness, rapid and effective response to disasters and post-disaster recovery. It regulates the establishment of national, provincial and munici…
As a result of the El Niño induced drought (beginning in November 2018) and the devastation of Cyclone Idai (March 2019) which affected communities across Zimbabwe, Trócaire undertook a study in August 2019 to gain greater insight on the impact their resilience work in select communities of Matobo and Bikita Districts. The study does not present the ful…
This fact sheet: (i) provides key messages related to disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the context of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO); (ii) highlight's EU's contribution to DRR; (iii) reports on ECHO's DRR funding in 2013; and (iv) presents good practices of DRR in main humanitarian sectors - disaster pr…
This background note addresses the cost effectiveness of investing in resilience when compared with approaches that rely exclusively on ex-post response and recovery, and the lack of funding towards disaster prevention and preparedness, which can build the resilience of communities to cope with emergencies. It considers emergency preparedness as a capac…
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This paper presents German views on disaster risk management for sustainable development. It contains a section on linking theory and practice, which covers risk analysis, disaster preparedness, disaster prevention and mitigation, and aid and reconstruction. Supporting case studies from several countries are provided.
The German Government…
The overall aim of the training package is to increase awareness on natural hazards and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to key stakeholders with knowledge on disaster management to empower the actors to support their organizations in developing disaster resilient programs and projects.
This training manual is for use in DRR training aimed at building the…
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…
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…