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Displaying 15 of about 92 resultsThis 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…
A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
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…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Japan during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, volcano, cyclone and flood, also presents national institutional and legal fra…
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…
In Spanish:
El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir cómo se formularon las estrategias y los proyectos de recuperación después de las inundaciones que afectaron a buena parte del país, durante el primer semestre del año 2008. También se examinan las iniciativas puestas en marcha por la Municipalidad del Cantón Cevallos para superar los impactos de l…
This report assesses the occurrence and impacts of disasters and the underlying hazards such as storms, extreme temperature events, forest fires, water scarcity and droughts, floods, snow avalanches, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes and technological accidents in Europe for the period 1998-2009. It also addresses the advances in disaster risk reductio…
This point-by-point report of the UN Secretary-General on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration encompasses natural disasters in the "other priorities for global action". It calls for more determined efforts to address the loss of lives, livelihoods and infrastructure in order to avoid disasters to become an increasingly serious obstacle to t…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Pacific island countries, and describes their common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought, landslide, earthquake, cyclone, volcano and tsunami. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in United States, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, tornado and volcano. 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 Tonga, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as drought, earthquake, cyclone, tsunami and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an eva…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Costa Rica, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, land slide, earthquake and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evalua…
This report by the UK Natural Hazard Working Group advises on the mechanisms that could and should be established for the detection and early warning of global physical natural hazards. It presents Group’s endorsement of the view expressed at the Kobe World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Jan 2005) that there is a clear need for a sustainable and effe…
In Spanish:
Los efectos acumulados de todos los eventos asociados tanto a la erupción del volcán Pacaya como de la tormenta tropical Ágatha ocurridos inmediatamente después de la erupción, los incidentes de deslizamientos, inundaciones y destrucción asociada a eventos de lluvias extraordinarias y las tormentas y depresiones tropicales ocurridas entre m…
This report provides an overview of UK’s involvement in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and discusses projects related to risk assessment (earthquake, volcano, landslide and flood), mitigation, warning and international cooperation. It includes overall evaluation and programme of future IDNDR activities.