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Displaying 11 of about 11 resultsThis book makes a thorough analysis of each and every aspect of the management of the Gujarat earthquake of 2001, starting from disaster response to reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery, focusing on lessons learned and emphasizing on how to improve the system for better results. It addresses the common concern of building disaster resilient count…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
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El Presidente de la República Dominicana, Danilo Medina, aprobó mediante el Decreto No. 275-13 el “Plan Nacional de Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastres en la República Dominicana”, cuyo propósito es definir los lineamientos de política y principios básicos que deben desarrollar las instituciones de los sectores público y privado, así c…
The May 27, 2006 earthquake struck Yogyakarta and Central Java. Yogyakarta is a center for Javanese traditional arts and culture, the ancient temples of Borobudur and Prambanan, and is home to a royal family whose lineage goes back to the Mataram era in the 16th century. It is also a center of Indonesian higher education. Striking in the early morning h…
Education for sustainable development, case studies and best practices:This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development. It shows how communities, scientists, activists, non-governmental organizations, teachers, st…
This book is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and prevention strategies.
A fully illustrated, 200-page book, Risk Wise offers perspectives, case studies and analysis on disaster risk reduction and mitigation in light of the increasing threat of natural dis…
This plan was prepared in the aftermath of the Oct 26, 2015 earthquake which caused human losses and extensive damages to public infrastructure, houses and other buildings in various areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
The document contains a detailed damage assessment and lists priority interventions in areas of rehabilitation of phy…
This volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people to adapt, which adaptive activities succeed and which fail, and the underlying reasons, and the factors that determine when adaptation is required and when simply…
This guide addresses the absence of a risk reduction focus both in humanitarian aid and in the reconstruction processes and the related increase of the physical, social, economic, and environmental vulnerability of the population to new events, as well as the need to incorporate a risk reduction approach into the humanitarian aid phase itself, both duri…
The brochure provides an outline of relevant Joint Research Centre (JRC)'s projects and activities in disaster resilience, in particular prevention and preparedness measures, in collaboration with the European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (the operational heart of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) and with national and international p…
This book, consisting of two parts, the theory of Total Disaster Risk Management (TDRM) and good practices for disaster risk management, was compiled for the purpose of promoting TDRM as a comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction worldwide.
It was published for the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction (held in Kobe, Japan 18-22 January 20…