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Background
The Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS), a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to helping Canadians, as well as the most vulnerable throughout the world, is currently seeking a Program Manager for the China delegation.
The Program Manager, China is the senior CRCS representative and program manager for…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.
IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries.
The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
Over the years the need has surfaced for a more Caribbean focused conference on all possible disaster hazards. This conference seeks to bring together government agencies, academic institutions, and private sector for information exchange, dialogue and development of methods and practice to reduce the harmful impacts of hazards and disasters in the Cari…
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 guide first lays out the relevant building codes in force in Colombia for small and medium scale construction projects. Subsequent sections discuss factors affecting earthquake vulnerability of masonry structures and mitigation strategies, factors in earthquake resistant design including geo-engineering, structural design, construction materials, a…
For primary school children, featuring Stan the dog and five children - Dan, Ana, Frankie, Matt and Beth - who model what to do in an emergency, around the 4 "Rs" of emergency management (reduction, readiness, response, recovery). This resource has three components, each of which can be used independently or in conjunction with each other: a guide for t…
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learned from relief responses to past earthquakes. The main intended audiences are operational decision-makers and relief programme managers working in the South Asia earthquake relief operation. As agency personnel have expressed a need for clear and concise guidance, this paper aims to provide th…
This report documents the event of the Kocaeli Earthquake in Turkey in 1999. In addition to providing background information on the event, this report includes the following sections: the earthquake and its geologic effects, building and infrastructure damage, industrial facilities, and insured and economic losses. The report also includes a section on…
The impact of disaster also depends on the levels of development and disaster preparedness of individual cities. This is evident when comparing the contrasting cases of Kobe, Japan (hit by a 7.2 Richter magnitude earthquake in 1995) and Marmara, Turkey (hit by a 7.4 Richter magnitude earthquake in 1999). The Kobe (or Great Hanshin) earthquake was amongs…
The project
The project “Disaster preventive reconstruction and rehabilitation in Ica and Huancavelica, Peru” aims to integrate earthquake-resistant construction methods and technologies into rebuilding residential buildings in the provinces affected by the 2007 earthquake. It also aims to build local capacities, to cope with extreme natural events.
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National disaster law and policies, regional, bilateral and international agreements, declarations and regulations regarding the disaster response law in Turkey within the framework of the 1999-Marmara Earthquake are discussed in this study. To this end, the call for international assistance, the access and operation of foreign relief organizations in t…
The report takes into consideration the proceedings of the workshop about the Bam earthquake held in Kerman, Islamic republic of Iran, in April 2004. It specially focuses on national and international response, national set up for disaster response, policy and administrative issues, international stand-by arrangements, needs assessment, joint planning a…
A briefing on the implications of the Izmit Earthquake,Turkey, 1999.
This evaluation evaluates the expenses of the DEC after the Gujarat earthquake, covering 50 villages with more than 2300 interviews. The people affected have received in general substantial and timely assistance and few lives were lost through secondary effects, even if a greater impact could have been achieved through the development of more effective…
This document is a post-disaster evaluation of various aspects of response to the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan including the following: evacuation of casualties, management of camps, provision of health care, collation, transport and distribution of relief goods, coordination, etc. In the report, the Federal Relief Commission aims to identify what they…