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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsThis compilation of poems and slogans written in Hindi and English by high school students provides strong message on the importance of protecting the environment in order to reduce the risk of disasters and achieve sustainable development. Its aim is to raise public awareness about disaster risks related to natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood, d…
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Ce document présente les réalisations de l’approche de la Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC) Malienne en matière de gestion des urgences et catastrophes en 2012, 3 années après la mise en œuvre du projet PRECARICA viant à renforcer les capacités de la DGPC, des structures étatiques et des collectivités locales à mieux préven…
Bangkok - For decades, governments and NGOs have relied on private sector solutions to gather and interpret emergency data for crisis response, but a growing number of them have warmed in recent years to much cheaper "open-source" (OS) technology. IRIN spoke to experts around the world about their search for the most appropriate mix of technology to man…
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The 2013 Symposium was one of the first international conferences to be confirmed to be held in Christchurch since the February 2010 quake. The Symposium programme will be anchored by science communication insights from the Canterbury quake – but also feature a wide range of other New Zealand and global natural world disasters from which we…
LocationBad Neuenahr-AhrweilerDegreeMaster of disaster management and risk governanceDescriptionGlobally effective processes such as environmental change or the increasing dependence on critical infrastructure are closely interlinked in multiple ways. Hazards, for instance floods, pandemics, or technical failures are considered as the triggers of losses…
Ofrecer nuevas fuentes de información sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (RRD) es uno de los objetivos en los que trabaja continuamente RELACIGER, una Red de centros de información especializados en el tema que presenta en esta edición dos nuevos recursos accesibles al público en general. Otras noticias del boletín incluyen información de cursos, n…
A framework in which the Indian government has laid out an action plan for reducing the country's vulnerability to potential hazards that are relevant to India, including: environmental disasters such as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; technological and sectoral disa…