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Displaying 105 of about 1140 resultsThis report provides an overview of UK’s involvement in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and discusses projects related to risk assessment (earthquake, volcano, landslide and flood), mitigation, warning and international cooperation. It includes overall evaluation and programme of future IDNDR activities.
This document presents Uzbekistan’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, landslide, flood and drought, and discusses institutional and legal framework for disaster management in the country. It also sets out key areas of focus such as ecological and technological disasters; disaster risk assessment and early warning; capacity developm…
This report presents country’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as cyclone, flood, earthquake and drought, and describes governmental and institutional structures responsible for disaster management in Bangladesh.
The report discusses major accomplishments in disaster reduction during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDN…
This handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowle…
The Government of Tuvalu and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has today signed an agreement to continue to partner on climate change adaptation work in Tuvalu. This marks the commencement of the second climate change adaptation project in Tuvalu that responds to adaptation priorities outlined in the Tuvalu National Adaptation Programme of…
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Rio de Janeiro – Uma parceria entre o governo do estado e a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) vai viabilizar a implantação, no Rio de Janeiro, do primeiro centro de excelência de redução de riscos da instituição na América do Sul. O anúncio foi feito hoje (30) pelo secretário estadual de Defesa Civil, Sérgio Simões, durante o seminário…
As world leaders will be negotiating climate change adaptation funding at the UN Climate Change Summit in Qatar next week, two experts (Julian Hunt and Pereira) writing for Reuters are urging goverments to support the use of social media in disaster forecasting and recovery.
Julian Hunt is Visiting Professor at Delft University of Technology and the M…
Cuba's early warning approach holds lessons for other countries, write disaster risk reduction specialists Veronica F. Grasso and José Rubiera.
Advances in the early warning of natural hazards could bring great benefits to countries and communities. But early warning needs early action: if political will and coordination are lacking, the advantages co…
The importance of reducing exposure to disasters took on a personal hue for the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström.
The envoy had been due to present the Secretary-General's Report on the Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to the UN General Assembly in the first w…
Interview feature: Disaster risk reduction in Nepal
8 questions for Chakra Pani Sharma, Under Secretary, Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development
1. What is Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction?
Community based disaster risk reduction approach focuses on engaging communities in building their resiliency to disasters. This approach aims t…
By Helen Mountfort, ODI
Many countries – from Armenia to Vietnam— are making the right noises about reducing disaster risk, including involving marginalised communities in debates on the topic.
October 13 is the UN International Day for Disaster Reduction. This year’s theme is Living with Disability and Disasters, which aims to showcase the abilities…
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Saint Bernard – The municipality of Saint Bernard in the province of Southern Leyte in Region 8 is no stranger to climate-induced disasters such as flooding and landslides that are currently being experienced in Luzon. More than half of Saint Bernard’s 30 barangays are at risk to at least five (5) natural hazards.
Its Local Government U…
Following the recent Beijing floods the city's infrastructure and its disaster prevention capabilities are under scrutiny. Due to dense population, cities are increasingly prone to natural disasters. Liu Tao, a lecturer of Sociology in Bielefeld University, Germany urges authorities to conduct risk evaluations of urban areas and to establish research mo…
The Municipality of Lisbon updates the Municipal Operational Plan for the Monsanto Forest Park on an annual basis. The Plan has a range of useful information and cartography, for each phase that lasts from July to September and even October, for forest fire occurrences, due to strong winds and high temperatures in the city.
Complementing the developmen…
Kathmandu - Landslides in Nepal are the country’s costliest and most deadly type of natural disaster, but their management is still seen as low priority, say experts.
In the past decade landslides killed over 1,300 people and destroyed 10,000 houses, according to the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS).
NRCS estimates landslides killed more than 36 people…