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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 case study is part of the ODI HPG research programme on the role of the affected state in humanitarian action and aims to describe the essential elements of approach to disaster management as seen in its response to the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It also analyses policy trends in Disaster Management Act.
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This report describes key findings from a global survey which was designed to validate the argument that children must be engaged as a vital part of the civil society mechanism that monitors Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) progress.The survey asked children and young people, local government officials, civil society organisations (CSOs) and community r…
This new book is a collection of writing illustrating the progress made in the area of crisis response and preparedness in action with input from policy experts and practitioners in the field. It builds on the range of views aired at the Commission's conference 'From Early Warning to Early action', held in November 2007, involving more than 900 diplomat…
This document reports on a workshop which purpose was to assess the strength and weakness of current initiatives for earthquake risk assessment, mitigation, response and recovery in South Asian region. It looks forward to help developing a roadmap for regional cooperation for a short, medium and long term basis for earthquake risk management in the Sout…
According to Bangladesh's disaster management minister Abdur Razzaq, work on identifying the buildings 'at risk' in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet, is now underway.
"What is most urgently needed is a well-concerted coordination framework which will tell different ministries and agencies involved in developing building designs, approval and implementation…
The Jamaica Information Service reports that when speaking at the official launch of the National Hazard Awareness and Safer Building Campaign, Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management said that the project is expected to be completed by early November.
"We are going beyond recovery. We are looking at incorporati…
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has emphasized the need to address future prevention before rescue, 'calling for improvements to flood prevention safety and construction techniques ... Prevention work came at a high cost at first, but rescue and reconstruction cost even more in the end,' said Ma, according to the Taiwan News.
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) abrió una línea de crédito por 75 millones de dólares a Honduras que financiará una estrategia para enfrentar los efectos de desastres de origen natural. Se aprobó un primer préstamo de USD19 millones para invertir en un programa para prevención, mitigación y respuesta ante emergencias.
The annual address given by the Prime Minister at the start of the hurricane season on the state of disaster management in St. Vincent and the Grenadines calls for safer schools and recovery programmes.
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is strengthening its preparedness and response capacities in the event of a major earthquake.
Director General of the agency, Ronald Jackson, who was addressing a press conference on (Jan.11) at ODPEM's Camp Road offices to launch Earthquake Awareness Week, said that the agency has be…
Experts from the Global Fund for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) and the World Bank are currently in El Salvador to assist the Government in assessing the impact of hurricane Ida and develop comprehensive disaster recovery, reconstruction and risk reduction.
The hurricane, which hit El Salvador on Saturday, November 7, caused devastation in the country…
Vietnam has made a presentation on mitigating the damage caused by disasters at the 17th session of the General Assembly of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) which is being held in Nairobi, Kenya.
The IFRC 17th General Assembly will discuss several key issues in Nairobi this week such as the impact of climate change on peopl…
A month has passed since parts of Samoa, Tonga and American Samoa were devastated by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake and a succession of tsunamis that struck on 29 September.
The response from the Samoan and New Zealand Red Cross National Societies to the disaster was fast with local volunteers and humanitarian aid workers from New Zealand on the ground in…
The Caribbean islands are highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards and needed to have more in place to be prepared for future disasters, according to Montserrat’s Chief Minister Lowell Lewis.
“Comprehensive disaster management (CDM) has an important role to play in maintaining and developing our economies. It’s a key element in the building of c…