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Displaying 15 of about 130 resultsIn 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…
This policy document presents Zaire’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood and drought, and discusses institutional and legal framework for disaster management in the country. It provides comprehensive overview of the structure, functions and activities of the Programme national de prévention et d’assistance…
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Premier volet de la stratégie du Conseil fédéral, version provisoire:
Cette stratégie fixe le cadre d’une démarche coordonnée au niveau fédéral pour l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. Elle doit permettre à la Suisse d’exploiter les opportunités offertes par les changements climatiques et de minimiser les risques qu’ils induisent, to…
This document presents disaster risks of China and major work on disaster reduction that has been done in the field of constructions and engineering, including monitoring and forecasting systems, disaster management and governance, and coordination and international cooperation. It describes main guiding policies, objectives, tasks and measurements of d…
This document reports on ZEF’s research and capacity building activities in 2010-2011. This year’s thematic overview is adapted to ZEF’s updated strategic research themes: (i) governance; (ii) land use and food security, including desertification and drought; (iii) mobility and migration; (iv) environmental, climate change and related risks; (v) water r…
This paper addresses the crisis in the Horn of Africa in 2011 and the need to enable communities to withstand droughts and move forward by building resilience and fostering sustainable growth. It presents USAID's vision for change through: (i) key principles, such as early action in response to early warning, connecting humanitarian and development prog…
This review analyses some of the major events and trends related to natural disasters and humanitarian disaster response and looks at the experience of developed countries with natural disasters in 2011. Highlighting evidences from the Japanese earthquake-tsunami-nuclear accident, the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, floods in Australia, and tor…
This document addresses land degradation and desertification (LDD), extreme weather events and rising sea levels as a challenges to security and survival. It presents: (i) the strategic orientations of French development cooperation in order to further the implementation of actions benefiting affected populations directly; (ii) the efforts undertaken, i…
A glance at urban interventions by Red Cross Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean:
This publication was developed in an effort to complement and inform the internal process of defining urban intervention strategies in the Americas in order to manage urban risk related to health and sanitation; food security and nutrition; road safety; social, e…
This compendium of research papers is based disaster risk reduction and understanding the nature, occurrence, and severity of threats, underlying causes of vulnerabilities and capacity of the populace in South and Southeast Asia. It addresses the new focus of disaster risk reduction at present is on vulnerability reduction and building resilient communi…
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 describes the 20 best practices distilled from a recent Real Time Evaluation of EARLI, a cash for work program implemented by CRS in Niger. EARLI is a USAID/OFDA-funded food security and land recuperation project in which vulnerable households in Tillabéry and Ouallam are paid to dig half-moons that reduce erosion and, regenerate natural veg…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Greece, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquakes, wild fire, drought, flood, land slide and heatwave. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Botswana, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as drought and insect infestation. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of Botsw…
This report explores the interrelationships among rainfall variability, food and livelihood security, and human mobility in a diverse set of research sites in eight countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. While climate change affects nearly all aspects of food security – from production and availability, to the stability of food supplies, access to…