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Displaying 15 of about 17 resultsOn August 19, 2007, Hurricane Dean a powerful category four storm passed 60 miles to the South of Jamaica. Parishes such as St. Elizabeth, Manchester, Clarendon and Portland, which have their border on the Southern tip of the island suffered severe damage. The Agricultural Sector, particularly in those parishes was not spared. This final report provides…
DECRET N° 2007 740/PRES/PM/MECV/MEF portant adoption du programme d’action national d’adaptation à la variation et aux changements climatiques. (JO N°50 DU 13 DECEMBRE 2007)
Est adopté le programme d’action national d’adaptation à la variabilité et aux changements climatiques dont le texte est joint en annexe.
Le Ministre de l’environnement et du cadr…
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
This policy brief outlines recommendations for integrating assessment of natural hazard related risks in project design, appraisal and evaluation. Their uptake depends, of course, on demand for such tools, as well as effective dissemination and use. Related policies and strategies and strong commitment to risk reduction are critical in ensuring that the…
This publication examines the role of (water) law in the context of Integrated Flood Management. The result is a panoramic study of the necessary interfaces in this subject area, with a view to identifying best practices that might be studied in more depth. The final product has been primarily developed for, and is aimed at, the frontline, that is, thos…
This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). It represents a distillation of the wealth of experience that exists throughout the world on how to manage and reduce disaster risks. The Guide can help state…
This book provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development.
Natural hazards can affect anyone,…
These guidelines are oriented to the needs of the decision-maker and provide a description of the range of mitigation options that need to
be considered when making efforts to reduce losses from flooding. The guidelines are designed to provide an introduction to the general area and to introduce the reader to various measures to mitigate the impacts ass…
The general goal of the national strategy for natural disaster prevention, response and mitigation to 2020 is to mobilize all resources to effectively implement disaster prevention, response and mitigation from now up to 2020 in order to minimize the losses of human life and properties, the damage of natural resources and cultural heritages, and the deg…
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The report includes full text of the Disaster Preparedness and Relief Act, 1991 that provides for the institutional organization, functioning and responsibilities of disaster preparedness system of Malawi.
The Czech Republic has a relatively new policy of crisis management, which includes especially early warning, dissemination of warnings with precisely specified responsibilities and competencies of all main
“players” like Fire and Rescue Service (FRS), Army, various state institutions (ministries), and also regional institutions (regional administration…
The aim of this report is to encourage national and donor governments to develop and improve their disaster risk reduction legislation. This summary contains four sections covering: an analysis of existing disaster risk reduction legislation; the building blocks of successful legislative reform according to individual nations’ experience; a detailed acc…
This Study is part of DFID’s strategic effort to assess the significance of disaster risk in its development work. It aims to explore evidence on linkages between poverty alleviation, development and disaster risk reduction, and to establish why disaster risk reduction is often not part of development policy and planning. It is aimed primarily at develo…
A Tearfund research project in collaboration with UN/ISDR
This report highlights key issues raised by the 11 participating organisations of the Tearfund conducted research on disaster risk reduction (DRR), as well as examples of positive donor initiatives. In collaboration with UN/ISDR, Tearfund asked donors to assess for themselves what stage they hav…
This publication provides a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organizations in adapting programming, project appraisal and evaluation tools to mainstream disaster risk reduction into development work in hazard-prone countries. The guidelines are deliberately intended as short, practical briefs supplementing existing, more general, guide…