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Displaying 15 of about 1697 resultsThis Recovery Plan describes the methods the state will use to conduct recovery activities. The Recovery Annex integrates the tenets of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF) in order to maximize the effectiveness of preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities. Recovery activities addresse…
This National Disaster Risk Management Policy aims to respond to the constitutional mandate to identify priorities to guide Government objectives and strategies in order to guarantee the security and safety of our citizens and their property and to safeguard our natural resources against natural or human-induced disasters.
It is the objective of the Mi…
This Statement of Common Understanding was prepared in preparation for the Workshop on National Platforms at the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, in August of 2008. In 2001, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) established the Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team - a partne…
This Action Plan was prepared in preparation for the Workshop on National Platforms at the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, in August of 2008. This Action Plan includes information regarding: Objectives, Activities, Institution /responsible persons, Anticipated cost, Context and risks.
This presentation was given at the Workshop on National Platforms at the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, in August of 2008. This NP presentation includes information regarding: Context of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Jordan, Legal Framework for DRR and DRR National Plan, DRR in Sectoral Policies, National Pr…
Diagrams of structural systems of typical Marathwada houses
This manual sets out the Household Economy Approach (HEA) - Save the Children’s widely-used methodology for analysing the impact of crop failure on household income and access to food. The HEA has been widely adopted by governments in Africa and by international aid organisations.This essential manual serves as both an introduction for field workers and…
Este manual se ha realizado, por lo tanto, con el propósito de que sirva como una guía técnica idónea en donde se presentan alternativas de intervención o rehabilitación sísmica para disminuir la vulnerabilidad de las edificaciones existentes de adobe y tapia pisada y así disminuir la pérdida de vidas humanas en caso de presentarse un sismo. Esta guía n…
This leaflet presents the Natural Disaster Youth Summit (NDYS), a project in which children learn the importance of human lives and how to cop with the effect of natural disasters such as earthquakes, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and so on through the collaboration with global friends. NDYS 2006-2007 focused on the relationship between natura…
This multilingual dictionary (Turkish, English and French) has been elaborated in order to face understanding and translation problems of specific terms linked to avalanches studies. The second part presents a translation from English to German of these terms.
This book, which reflects the contents of a UNESCO training workshop given in 2006 to teachers in Ambbottabad, Pakistan, explains the origin of earthquakes and their effects on people and human behaviour. It also describes survival techniques during an earthquake, especially in relation to the building construction you are in (concrete, mud...). It prov…
Training Book, published in an abstract version for the training of the volunteers of the cyclone preparedness program in preparedness activities. It covers subjects like analysis capacity and vulnerability, introduction to cyclones, warning signals and their meaning, evacuation planning, management process, among other things. (UNEsCO)
Schools 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…
This paper introduces the concept of school safety and describes some of its approaches in Nepal, a country vulnerable to many disasters, in which schools are particularly at risk, because they are not built with earthquake resistant technologies, are often overcrowded and located in hazardous spots.
The School Safety Approach wants to serve two purpos…