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“The American Red Cross International Services Department (ISD) seeks to prevent and alleviate human suffering around the world by responding to disasters, building safer, more resilient communities, and educating future humanitarians. In the coming years the American Red Cross will deepen and expand its program…
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The tragic consequences of the earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 mainly stem from a lack of awareness of the seismic threat combined with the extreme vulnerability of the country’s urban centers. Haiti’s exposure to earthquakes and other natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods, landslides, or tsunamis is very high. Their imp…
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The Asia-Pacific region encompasses large areas of high disaster risk. Hazards affecting the region include floods, drought, typhoons and cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis. The Pacific region has special risks due to the large number of small island states which are particularly vulnerable to typhoons and drought and…
Organization Profile
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) has contributed to the advancement of disaster risk management practice and promotion of the culture of safety in different thematic areas in Asia. During the last 20 years, in addition to capacity building initiatives, ADPC has implemented programs and projects at national and regional lev…
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The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), which was established in 1971 based on an agreement between the Government of Japan and the United Nations, promotes sustainable regional development in developing countries. UNCRD’s Disaster Management Planning Programme has been one of the core issues for sustainable regional deve…
In recent memory the Australasian region has suffered tremendous collateral damage and loss of life due to the occurrence of natural disasters. Many of these disasters, in particular earthquakes and flooding, are of direct relevance to geotechnical and engineering geology communities due to the associated adverse effect on the ground and earth structure…
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Earthquake Risk in Myanmar
Due to its geographic location along the active collision and subduction zone of the Indo-Eurasian plate boundary and the Burma microplate, Myanmar is prone to earthquakes. According to the hazard profile of Myanmar, a swath of land in the Northern and Central region in the country falls into destructive (V) to st…
As part of a collaborative project between Quezon City (Philippines) and Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) to develop a local disaster risk reduction and management plan (LDRRMP), a two-day workshop will be organized for hands-on exercise on integration of DRR-CCA in land use planning for Quezon City's technical planners and other technical st…
The effective capacity of building resilience in large cities depends on a thorough knowledge of their exposure to risks. Almost each urban area, especially extended and highly populated cities, is exposed to a number of different risks, which can span from urban fires, to floods, tsunamis in coastal areas, earthquakes, etc. The whole set of risks shoul…
As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake, it is time to ask the question, “Is California better prepared for a catastrophic event?” and “Are there new technology solutions that can make a difference in saving lives and property?”.
Since the Loma Prieta event, California’s population, physical infrastructure, and GDP, have all i…
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La 20e rèunion du comité spécial pour la réduction des risques de catastrophe aura à l'ordre du jour :
Adoption de l’Ordre du jour et des questions de procédure
Présentation de l’état d’avancement du Projet “SHOCS”
Présentation du Projet « SHOCS II »
Présentation du Projet « Risque Urbain »
Présentation du Projet « Répons…
The Risk Analysis course introduces the concepts, methods and tools to assess hazard, vulnerability, risk and the impact associated with earthquakes and floods. It demonstrates how risk analysis is applied to formulate disaster risk reduction policies. It introduces tools and models used to assess disaster impact, both direct and indirect, and methods t…
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 report captures the major failure modes of bridges under exposure to potential natural hazards in Australia: flood, bushfire and earthquake.
Attributes of bridge structures which influence failure and the typical levels of natural hazards experienced in Australia are explored. Case studies on analysis of failure of bridges have been presented which…
This SOP is prepared to make the inspection of housing reconstructions and retrofits easy and systematic for safer and strong construction on the basis of Grant Distribution Guidelines 2015, for reconstruction of houses that were damaged by the Nepal earthquake of April 25, 2015.
To facilitate all the stakeholders- home owners, beneficiaries, loca…