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Displaying 15 of about 81 resultsSchools have important roles to play in disaster risk reduction and their importance is recognized at all stages of disaster risk reduction cycle: from prevention to response. Communities in seismic region need earthquake resistant schools to protect the lives of children. Strongly built schools are safe haven and can also be used as relief and rehabili…
The paper outlines the road to a 1.5 billion, 15 year commitment by the government of British Columbia to school seismic safety. Over the course of a concerted one and a half year public education, media and lobbying campaign, school seismic safety has come to grip the collective social conscience and is becoming a focal point for promoting broader miti…
A DVD with short cartoon, song and rap about simple preparation for fires and floods.
This colouring book is designed for children to help them learn how to protect themselves from fire, earthquakes and floods while colouring. Each colouring page is accompanied by action steps to take.
This document is a short pictorial for boat builders and donors as to the boat building situation in NAD. The intent of this paper is to demonstrate the concerns arising from poor quality boat building for safety of fishers. Further, it is to provide a few guidelines for better boat building for the future.
This update marks six months since a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered the worst natural catastrophe in living memory. Within this relatively short period of time, a great deal has changed: the dead have been buried, the homeless have been given shelter, and the orphaned have received care and protection. Even in the hardest-hit area…
In 1987 and 1988, Bangladesh experienced disastrous floods from the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers. These events stimulated considerable international interest in helping Bangladesh deal with its flood problem. In June 1989, the World Bank agreed to a request from the Government to help in coordinating the international efforts. This report outlines an A…
The vulnerability of Indian constructions has been amply demonstrated by the recent damaging earthquakes. These include not only the non-engineered constructions carried out by the common man, but also many “engineered” buildings. Construction typologies differ from place to place for various reasons, including availability of local materials and skills…
Theme of the World Meteorological Day 2008, this booklet raises awareness of the public and decision-makers on weather, climate and water to lead to an increasing concern about the degradation of the environment, the more frequent occurrences of natural disasters with projected climate change and the impacts on human survival and well-being.
This publi…
This manual describes in brief the background, purpose, production and distribution of Flood Hazard Maps, as well as their verified effectiveness and current usage in Japan. Realistic questions on the evacuation of local residents in the event of flood are clarified, and the practical and effective usage thereafter of Flood Hazard Maps is reviewed in tu…
Flood is a serious problem for India that inflicts suffering to the millions, specially the poor and vulnerable sections of the society. Several approaches to alleviate flood misery have been pursued in the past, but with limited success. The problem seems to defy solution. Hence, a fresh approach is clearly needed.
It goes to the credit of Geneva based…
A PowerPoint presentation.
As a supplement and complement to the Global Forest Resources Assessment, 2005, this working paper is one of a series of twelve prepared by regional and country contributing authors to provide a greater depth of data and information on fire incidence, impact, and management issues relating to the twelve UNISDR Regional Wildland Fire Networks around the…
As a supplement and complement to the Global Forest Resources Assessment, 2005, this working paper is one of a series of twelve prepared by regional and country contributing authors to provide a greater depth of data and information on fire incidence, impact, and management issues relating to the twelve UNISDR Regional Wildland Fire Networks around the…
The tsunami of 26 December 2004 was one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory. Six months after the tragedy, the rebuilding and recovery process has provided an opportunity for the health sectors in the affected countries, assisted by the World Health Organization (WHO), to strengthen their health systems in a long-term, sustainable manner. Lo…