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Esta publicación presenta criterios básicos, elementos y recomendaciones que se deben seguir, desde la planifi- cación del proyecto, su desarrollo y su puesta en funcionamiento para asegurar que se cuente con instalaciones seguras en casos de desastres naturales. Ha sido preparada en base a las experiencias en el Perú en mitigación, rehabil…
A new stream is being built at a section of Kali Putih River in Gempol, Magelang, Central Java in a bid to reduce the impact of lava floods from Mt. Merapi as the rainy season intensifies, reports the Jakarta Post. To help ease evacuation procedures, a number of gathering points have been prepared by the authorities with the help of various organization…
The Gulf Seismic Forum was established to encourage scientific and technical cooperation in the Arabian Gulf region between seismologists, engineers and governmental organizations, and to promote research in seismology in the region, including reducing the risk of damage from earthquakes. Following previous successful meetings of the Gulf Seismic Forum…
This publication is a synthesis of lessons from more than a decade of Concern Worldwide’s disaster risk reduction (DRR) programming in mountainous geographic contexts. Based on research in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and Haiti, this publication describes Concern’s approach to DRR and offers lessons and guidance on how to use DRR to address hazards typically…
This fact sheet presents UNOPS activities in helping governments and development partners construct disaster-resistant infrastructure and increase the resilience of communities against natural disasters through the design and construction of major infrastructure projects such as schools, roads, bridges and hospitals to the highest standards, able to wit…
Prof. Pop and his two assistants explain children why and how the continental plates move, how the force and severity of an earthquake can be measured, the chain reaction caused by earthquakes, how they form, illustrated by the Italian situation, with a millenium's earthquake impact references and a seismic zone mapping. In a comprehensive approach, saf…
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The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multidisciplinary and multi stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associated environmental, human, e…
By Lydia Messling
Ecosystem-based adaptation principles have governed the decision making processes in developing a brand new city on the outskirts of Manila: New Clark City. Without spending billions on large-scale technological fixes or man-made barriers, New Clark City’s greatest defence against natural disasters will instead come from nature itself…