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Displaying 9 of about 9 results Southasiadisasters.net, issue no. 74, February 2011:
This issue focuses on promoting and protecting rights in flood recovery: prevention and response. It contains articles written by disaster risk reduction practitioners and community leaders: (i) advocacy round table - promoting and protecting rights in recovery; (ii) voices from community - a page f…
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 issue of the Observer focuses on culture, community and disaster and examines several cases of disaster recovery and response regarding community participation and inclusion. The issue also makes the case for addressing the wide range of needs of community members and calls for more culturally sensitive disaster management. Communities that ex…
This issue of HazNet, the magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network, focuses on the vital role of volunteers in emergency management and building community disaster resilience. The publication notes that mechanisms to manage surge capacity and supporting frameworks to enable volunteer support during events are often absent.…
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 report examines the recovery experience of small, remote Nepalese communities in the aftermath of disaster. The aim is both to provide academic insight and to contribute to the formulation of better recovery strategies, policies and plans by government and other “external” agencies. To this end the report identifies the actions taken by disaster af…
150 Oxfam Briefing Paper:
As Pakistan faces another monsoon season and the likelihood of more disasters, the country is not prepared, asserts this paper. Many factors which have hampered the relief and reconstruction effort are still present, such as an inadequate disaster management system and a lack of emergency relief co-ordination and leaders…
This report illustrates the specific constraints and challenges humanitarian actors, and more specifically donor countries, face in providing effective relief, as well as shared features, which help to identify where improvements are needed in the global humanitarian system. It considers: (i) the crisis; (ii) its response; (iii) timeliness and constrain…
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…