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Displaying 30 of about 41 resultsSubmitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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.
Key global players in micro-insurance gathered in Mumbai under the auspices of Munich Re past week to discuss ways of taking micro insurance from knowledge to action, it is timely to discuss promotion of risk transfer for low income communities vulnerable to disasters. The rare gathering needed to investigate the strengthening of the relationship betwe…
A fully illustrated book Real Risk offers perspectives, case studies and analysis on disaster risk reduction and mitigation in the light of major natural disasters that have occurred since the publication of Know Risk in early 2005. It brings together the knowledge and experiences of public and private organisations working toward disaster preparedness…
Recent droughts in Africa and elsewhere in the world, from China to Peru, have serious implications for food security and grave consequences for local and international politics. The issues do not just concern the plight of African peoples, but also our global ecological future. Global climatic changes become manifest initially in regions that are margi…
Content: The project on Bangladesh floods: background, framework and key questions; Floods in Bangladesh: understanding the basic principles; Data situation: the need to compromise; The history of flooding in the lowlands of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers; Understanding Bangladesh floods in the context of highland-lowland linkages; Erosion and…
Good practices and lessons learned, a publication of the “Global network of NGOs” for disaster risk reduction.
This publication is a joint effort of the Global Network of NGOs for Disaster Risk Reduction, an emerging network of national and international NGOs aiming to reduce disaster risk worldwide. The idea of publishing a compilation of good practic…
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Botswana is vulnerable to a range of disasters, both natural and
human induced. These occur with varying degrees of regularity
and intensity. Major disasters include drought, floods, veld fires,
accidents, animal diseases and HIV/AIDS.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Although the disaster preparedness law was developed three decades ago, it still remains relevant and required only minor fine-tuning.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Asia Development Bank have collaborated with the Government of Afghanistan and other partners to develop a National Plan for Disaster management as we…
The publication informs about people in India and Bangladesh. It reports on women who form savings groups, youths who plant coconut palms that offer protection during cyclones, children who give first aid.
Southern Africa is one of the regions estimated to be most at risk
from climate change. While policy responses to global warming
have been mainly driven by debates among scientists, the insights
of poor people living on the frontline have been largely neglected.
This study seeks to understand what is happening from poor
people’s perspectives. A field st…
The study taking the 2002 food crisis in Malawi as its context and using evidence up to 2001: reassesses the economic consequences in Malawi and Southern Africa more generally of climatic variability in the light of experience such as the El Nino event in 1997/98; and takes stock of the current capacity of climatic forecasting and progress in research t…