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Displaying 15 of about 4731 resultsShooter’s Hill is located in Eastern St. Andrew, approximately 6.4 km east of Kingston. The elevation of the area is approximately 50-60m above mean sea level. It lies within the Hope River Watershed Management Unit (WMU) of the Kingston Hydrologic Basin.The Water Resources Authority (WRA) was asked by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency M…
Jamaica’s Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management (CDRM) Policy is designed to ensure that by 2040, there exists ‘A Safe and Resilient Jamaica’. The Policy seeks to ensure that by 2040, Jamaica has strengthened its social and economic resilience, significantly reducing and in some cases eliminating the negative effects of disasters including those induce…
Trelawny is found on the West North West section of Jamaica. The parish is made up of mainly limestone rocks and mainly underground drainage. Within its confines can be found the Queen of Spain Valley, with numerous rivulets and rivers, the principal river being Martha Brae. Like the rest of Jamaica, the parish is exposed to a number of natural hazards.…
The Parish of St. Mary is found on the North Eastern section of Jamaica. The parish is mainly hilly with a rugged Eastern section of shale rock an intricate web of surface drainage whilst the Western section is of limestone rock and mainly underground drainage. Its principal rivers are the Wag Water, Dry, Rio Nuevo and White Rivers.This plan seeks to do…
The parish of Saint James is located on the north coast of Jamaica. Jamaica is vulnerable to disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires among others. The parish of Saint James is certainly not exempted as it has had its fair share of disasters over the past years.This plan seeks to document the partakers of disaster management in St. James…
The plan outlines plan of actions for the Parish with benchmarks for the local level lead by the Portland Municipal Corporation. The Corporation has the mandate for Disaster Management hence, same is encouraged through a collaborative effort between Agencies aim towards saving lives and property.This Plan is developed as a guide to ensure Agencies adher…
Funding to support developing countries taking action on climate change and responding to reduce exposure to disaster risk is projected to dramatically increase in the coming years. However, this increase in opportunities is being matched by an equally dramatic increase in complexity for access. The range of sources, each with their own set of rules and…
Turin's DERRIS project, a public-private partnership, enhances SME resilience to climate impacts, addressing flood risks through Company Adaptation Action Plans and the Integrated District Adaptation Plan. The project’s online tool, CRAM, guides SMEs in assessing vulnerability and developing adaptation action plans.Weather- and climate-related damages,…
This paper looks at how differences are accommodated in claimed participatory spaces and discusses what one can learn from different types of mechanisms for dealing with background inequality among participants in post-disaster settings. The paper thus grounds democratic theorising in an empirical investigation of a particular type of setting, namely po…
This study verifies the effectiveness of the Swarm Planning's Centre for Development of Creative Thinking (COCD) tool, a creative planning process. Researchers organized workshops with eight student groups to plan house relocation and seawall reconstruction in the 2011 Tohuku Disaster area. Students were allocated who had pros and cons on housing-reloca…
This document covers humanitarian aid activities implemented through the project Strengthening the integration of early warning systems for more effective disaster risk reduction, through knowledge and tools transfer. The project is led by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in collaboration and coordination with the Caribbean Disaster Emergen…
This National Integrated Emergency Management Plan (NIEMP) outlines the general framework and the Seychelles approach to emergency preparedness and response and delivery of the Integrated Emergency Management System required by law in the Seychelles. It is designed to guide emergency preparedness and response stakeholders from different organisations, h…
Evaluación desarrollada para apoyar el diseño de políticas, programas y acciones que permitan a la Ciudad de México sobrevivir, resistir, recuperarse y adaptarse y crecer ante riesgos, tensiones crónicas, impactos actuales y futuros. Se ha desarrollado esta publicación como insumo para brindar herramientas a otras áreas del gobierno de la Ciudad de Méxi…
On December 29, 2020, Sisak-Moslavina County in Croatia was struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake with the epicenter 6 km outside the town of Petrinja. The earthquake was preceded by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake on December 28, 2020; and numerous aftershocks were recorded, including a 5.0 magnitude earthquake on January 6, 2021. The December earthquak…
This rapid damage and needs assessment report presents estimates for damage, loss, reconstruction and recovery from the March 2020 earthquake in Croatia, and supports recovery strategy planning and development of necessary frameworks for reconstruction. On March 22, 2020 at 6:24 am, Croatia was hit by a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5. …