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Displaying 15 of about 155 resultsThis report presents the results of the Sectoral Recovery Capacity Assessment (SRCA) undertaken in Grenada to assess the capacity of the country’s housing sector to plan, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate resilient and inclusive recovery projects. Housing was selected as the priority sector for the SRCA by the Government of Grenada due to its eco…
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,…
The Kyrgyz Republic is located in a highly seismic region subjected to devastating earthquakes that have caused loss of life, destroyed homes and ruined livelihoods in historical and recent times. This Seismic Risk Reduction Strategy provides guidance to the government of the Kyrgyz Republic and other key stakeholders to prioritize a range of risk reduc…
These guidelines provide step-by-step instructions on how to supplement historic climate data with specific, regional, forward-looking climate change data in the design of New York City's facilities. Resilient design is intended to become an integral part of the project planning process for city agencies and designers. All new projects and substantial i…
Bantul regency in 2006 had experienced considerable earthquakes and suffered many casualties. The factors such as high population density and lack of seismic design of residential buildings in Bantul besides its location in a high seismic region have increased its vulnerability to earthquake disasters that can lead to widespread economic losses and cas…
Recent high-profile building fires involving highly-combustible external cladding panels in
Australia as well as Dubai, China, and the United Kingdom have created a heightened awareness by
the public, government, and commercial entities to act on the risks associated with non-compliant
building structures. In this paper, a database of fire events inv…
To address the lack of adequate measures for flood risk reduction in Nepal, where recurrent flood-related hazards have had grave consequences for many people over the past decades, the authors developed a flood risk assessment model for a study area in the Sindhupalchok District. The model considers direct and indirect damages that are assigned to four…
The preparation of this Local Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-2013 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.The progress report mainly assesses the trans-boundary issues and the status and progress in the implementation of disast…
Previous Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC (BNH CRC) reports have presented the fragility curves for reinforced concrete buildings that are supported by reinforced concrete walls and moment resisting frames, and the fragility curves for this type of buildings with four retrofitting options. This study presents the vulnerability curves for these buildings…
This document includes different session of Peer to Peer education for youth and children on disaster risk reduction (DRR). The flip chart includes session on child club, disaster and its impact, life saving skills, risk assessment and reduction plan and characteristics of resilient schools. Mercy Corps with the implementing partner Nepal Red Cross volu…
This book is a tale of a girl who must save her little brother. Its different chapters feature a lesson: the Earth's movements, earthquakes and their impact, tsunamis, as illustrated by the case of Japan, volcanoes with a definition of the various types of lava and their positive aspects, submarine; coastal volcanoes, the atmosphere, the El Niño phenome…
This study examines the long-term improvement in precautions taken by commune authorities and households between two major floods in 1999 and 2017, as local actors appear as inseparable components of the integrated flood risk mitigation strategy in Vietnam. The study examines two flood-prone villages in central Vietnam.
The findings indicate that most…
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This study reports on the worldwide economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2010 and the cost to the global insurance industry. This edition contains a special chapter on earthquakes, which reveals that the number of fatalities and insured losses from earthquakes are rising because population growth and higher…
This article, from a Professor of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, assesses the impacts of the recent earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, highlighting the success of the seismic damage mitigation efforts through strong building codes.
It describes: (i) the earthquake; (ii) the tsunami; and (iii) the related fires that oc…
This document presents some solutions for mitigating earthquake hazard for new school and existing buildings, with respect to the challenges faced by each category. It describes the concept of retrofitting and explains the techniques of vulnerability assessment for novices, engineers and programme persons, illustrated with case studies. It presents the…