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Displaying 2 of about 2 resultsOn September 18, 2011, Bhutan was hit by a 6.9 Richter scale earthquake that killed one person and injured 14 people. Houses, religious and cultural heritage monuments, and public buildings suffered the maximum and most visible damage in the earthquake: approximately 7,965 homes were affected, of which 345 were completely destroyed. Additionally, fifty…
This document presents the programmes for action proposed from the cultural angle as an integral part of the recovery in Haiti following the earthquake that hit the country on 12 January 2010. It describes some activities undertaken to salvage objects and improve disaster risk reduction (DRR) and storage conditions, as well as to develop DRR and prevent…