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Displaying 15 of about 261 resultsThis study verifies the effectiveness of the Swarm Planning's Centre for Development of Creative Thinking (COCD) tool, a creative planning process. Researchers organized workshops with eight student groups to plan house relocation and seawall reconstruction in the 2011 Tohuku Disaster area. Students were allocated who had pros and cons on housing-reloca…
Prepare with Pedro is a 30- to 45-minute preparedness education program for grades K-2 that teaches students how to be prepared and take action for tsunamis. Prepare with Pedro complements The Pillowcase Project in scope and mission, by reading a story featuring a penguin named Pedro.With these learning materials students can: Learn a coping skill…
This study aims to identify the challenges decision-makers face in reducing risks posed to tourists during a tsunami. The current paper addresses this issue through a qualitative research methodology discussed in the following sections and offers solutions for mitigating or minimising risks.The results outline three major initiatives that could lead to…
This Thailand Disaster Management Reference Handbook offers an operational understanding of both the country’s disaster management capability and information on demographics, hazards, climate risks, organizational structure for disaster management, laws and policies, infrastructure, and other areas vital to a comprehensive disaster management knowledge…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Panama during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, tsunami, volcano, flood, tornado, landslide and forest fire, also pres…
Convincing individuals to embark on activities that would reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards is difficult, especially in communities that have not recently experienced the impact of natural hazards. This research investigated risk knowledge and interpretation in the South African community in Auckland.
The research confirmed the subjectivity…
This training module on resilient development planning in Myanmar consists of a 2.5 hours session, at the end of which, the participants will:
a) Have a common understanding on development and disaster linkages.
b) Be able to identify the various factors which contribute towards disaster risk including climate change in Myanmar.
c) Be able…
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…
The guide provides information about the tsunami's early warning to be issued in case of tsunami emergency, preparedness for tsunami evacuation that need to be organized by the local disaster management agencies with this COVID-19 situation, and guide how to evacuate the people during tsunami emergency based on their exposure to COVID-19. The Corona Vir…
In French:
Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
For primary school children, featuring Stan the dog and five children - Dan, Ana, Frankie, Matt and Beth - who model what to do in an emergency, around the 4 "Rs" of emergency management (reduction, readiness, response, recovery). This resource has three components, each of which can be used independently or in conjunction with each other: a guide for t…
This newsletter published by the city of Sendai shares experiences and lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake experienced in Sendai and the Tohoku region, conveys measures for preventing and mitigating disasters by various stakeholders, and introduces the initiatives that Sendai is implementing in its efforts to become a ‘Disaster-Resilient and En…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 113, June 2014:
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is an attempt to deliberate on the important issues related to disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Asia. It contains articles on a variety of DRR issues ranging from Kosi floods to Tsunami rehabilitation, and from urban risks to under nutrition. The idea behind this…
Un nuevo proyecto del CRID con INEE y la alianza Plan/UNICEF impulsa la segunda etapa del portal web Educación y Gestión del Riesgo, que comprenderá entre otras actividades la actualización de diversidad de recursos y el mejoramiento de los servicios de búsqueda. Le invitamos a leer la última edición de Actualidad CRID donde podrá enterarse de este proy…
This article, from a UN OCHA Senior Adviser and Professor at ISPI School, dispels the resilient myth considering the devastating consequences of natural hazards as "acts of God" and explains the concept of modern Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Stating that disasters are not inevitable, it uses the recent Japanese case as a model to show the extraordina…