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Displaying 15 of about 23 resultsA 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,…
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…
Dewi Safitri from the BBC Indonesian Service takes a look at how Yogyakarta, despite being hit by landslides, floods and volcanic eruptions this year alone, is better coping with disasters.
In May the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was awarded the title 'Global Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011' by the United Nations Internationa…
This publication reports on the outcomes of a pilot project to ‘operationalize’ the Making Cities Resilient Campaign in three cities in Africa – Narok and Kisumu in Kenya and Moshi in Tanzania, commenced in 2012 by the UNISDR regional office for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. It also describes disaster prevention activities undertaken by pilot cities, an…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 15, March 2016, Pages 80–93, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.11.006:
This paper presents a new cost-effective methodology and procedure to rapidly assess the geohazard safety classification (GSC) of schools and provides useful information to local decision makers. The GSC, based on the concepts of haza…
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A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la prévention des catastrophes naturelles, le magazine Mon Quotidien a sorti un supplément spécial dédié aux catastrophes naturelles. Ce supplément mentionne les catastrophes naturelles qui ont touché le monde en 2011, que ce soit en Asie, Afrique, Amérique ou Océanie. Une infographie est donnée c…
This report will attempt to catalogue and briefly discuss the immediate medical and long-term health effects of a natural disaster. Other topics such as the disruption of a community’s critical infrastructure, vulnerable groups within populations, and common misconceptions in disaster response will also be reviewed. Finally, mitigation and loss reductio…
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La mayor parte de los volcanes activos en el mundo están en América Latina y el Caribe, y millones de personas viven en pueblos y ciudades situados en los alrededores. A través de la historia, varios de estos volcanes han demostrado su gran capacidad de destrucción. La nueva Guía de Preparativos de Salud Frente a Erupciones Volcánicas brind…
Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture last year was dominated by an accumulation of severe earthquakes to an extent seldom experienced in recent decades. The high number of weather-related natural catastrophes and record temperatures both globally and in diff…
This report examines the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, its impact on aviation and implications for the future, in the expectation of further activity in Iceland. In this report, the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction provides an integrated analysis covering volcanology, geophysics, rock and ice physics, meteorology, statistics, mechanical engine…
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Recopilación de Herramientas para la Gestión Local del Riesgo, realizada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos, UN-Habitat con el apoyo del International Development Research Centre – IDRC (Canadá), en el marco del Proyecto Apoyo a las Autoridades Locales de Ciudades de América Central para la Gestión Local de…
This short publication responds to calls from AusAID staff for simple, practical guidance on what integration of disaster risk reduction, climate change and the environment may mean for their programs. While there is general consensus that these issues are important for the long‑term success and sustainability of development outcomes, understanding how…
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,…
Proceedings of the European Colloquy on Regulatory Measures concerning the Protection of the Architectural Heritage against Natural Disasters in Europe(Ravello, Italy, 15-17 November 1989. Architectural heritage series no.2
This proceedings includes inter alia the specific outputs of the meeting which included: an inventory of the relevant technical, l…