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Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practice

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This report identifies ten risk reduction practices which were successfully implemented in the pilot communities and are replicable elsewhere. Its objective is to encourage knowledge and experience sharing among communities, organizations and other disaster risk reduction (DRR) stakeholders for the benefit of all those vulnerable to natural disasters, especially floods.The report is an outcome of a study conducted by an independent consultant through a series of consultations and interviews more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on July 23, 2009

Where are the Safest Places on Earth from Sudden Onset Hazard?

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The Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (DRR) opening in Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow (Tuesday) will hear details of the world’s safest places and those most threatened by sudden onset hazard. The information is drawn from a new Mortality Risk Index (MRI) to be outlined at the conference attended by some 1,800 participants comprising Government leaders and risk reduction specialists from around the world, representing more than 300 governments and regional/national DRR more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 16, 2009

Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development

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Some 75 percent of the world’s populations live in areas affected at least once by earthquake, tropical cyclone, flood or drought between 1980 and 2000. The consequences of such widespread exposure to natural hazard for human development are only now beginning to be identified. This Report shows that billions of people in more than 100 countries are periodically exposed to at least one event of earthquake, tropical cyclone, flood or drought. As a result of disasters triggered by these natural more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 03, 2009

2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction

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The Report is the first biennial global assessment of disaster risk reduction prepared in the context of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). The ISDR, launched in 2000, provides a framework to coordinate actions to address disaster risks at the local, national, regional and international levels. The Hyogo Framework for Action for Action 2005-2015 (HFA), endorsed by 168 UN member states at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan in 2005, urges all more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 27, 2009

Towards National Resilience

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The impact of disasters has been dramatically increasing over the decades. This is due to the fact that communities and their assets have been more exposed to the impact of natural hazards. Unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation, population growth and poverty are some of the inter-linked factors that increase their vulnerability. Disasters are especially ruinous for developing countries: the smaller the economy and the weaker the infrastructure, the greater the human cost and damage more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 22, 2009

Humanitarian Policy Note on Disaster Risk Reduction

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Disasters are increasing in both their frequency and ferocity. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is essential if lives are not to be lost unnecessarily and developmental gains are to be secured. The international community has recognized the importance of reducing disaster risk, and moving away from relying solely on current disaster response mechanisms, yet there has so far been a failure to systematically integrate DRR into humanitarian and development policies, plans and programmes. Full more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 07, 2009

Practical Guide: Applying Sustainable Development to Arms-Transfer Decisions

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Every day, governments around the world give authorization for the export and transfer of weapons. These decisions affect the lives of millions of people. In some cases, these arms transfers undermine development, by fuelling conflict and armed violence, threatening peace-building efforts, or when they involve excessive unaccountable spending. Such spending can divert vital funds from public services such as education and health care, and when such spending takes place without accountability more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 27, 2009

Enhancing Community Resilience To Natural Disasters: Lives Of Children And Youth In Aceh

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“Building community resilience to natural disasters through partnership: Sharing experience and expertise in the region”, this discussion paper considers issues in the context of building community capacity to care for orphans and separated children and youth in Aceh so as to provide them with optimal opportunities for their development. It also highlights lessons learnt and puts forward policy recommendations. Full document in PDF format (1.98MB); Number of pages: 70p; Source (s): ESCAP

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 26, 2009

Humanitarian crisis imminent in Somali refugee camp

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Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees will face a humanitarian emergency this year, unless urgent steps are taken to deal with a serious public health crisis unfolding in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, international agency Oxfam warned in a new report issued. Dadaab is one of the world’s largest concentrations of refugees. Its population now stands at more than 250,000, almost three times its intended size. Up to 100,000 more people are likely to arrive by the end of this more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 31, 2009

Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction

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The Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction was launched during the Global Platform in June 2007. The goal of this network is to strengthen civil society efforts to build resilience against disasters. The Global Network aims to increase civil society participation in public policy debates and raise its level of influence in global DRR policy and practice.

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 17, 2009

Australia: A call for increased prevention and response efforts

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Getting ready for the big one An opinion piece by Anthony Bergin and David Templeman outlining what can be done for disaster prevention in Australia, calling for increased governance, capacity development, community-based disaster risk reduction and early warning systems.

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 16, 2009

Newsletter of the Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education

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Anonymous listserv through which you can receive the Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education newsletters every 2 weeks and very occasional announcements.

Added by Marla Petal to Disaster Prevention & Response on February 19, 2009

Coalition for Global School Safety and Disaster Prevention Education

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Social networking of COGSS & DPE has been set up for purposes of discussions, Q&A, and working groups. It is intended to promote a collegial community-of-practice, in which we can get to know and support one anothers work.

Added by Marla Petal to Disaster Prevention & Response on February 19, 2009

Disaster prevention: a role for business?

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This study was commissioned by the ProVention Consortium to examine the business case for reducing natural disaster risks in developing countries. The study explores a corporate social responsibility (CSR) perspective on disaster prevention and addresses, in particular, the potential for establishing partnerships between the private sector and the humanitarian system. It is intended to stimulate dialogue and help catalyze new ideas and collaborative initiatives involving the business community. more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on October 14, 2008

Reducing risk

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Aid agencies seem to spend most of their time in ‘Disasterland’, a place of endless appeals, unavoidable tragedy and inevitable death tolls. But even as natural disasters mount in incidence and intensity, the death tolls are avoidable. While earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, cyclones, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions can be described as ‘natural’, their costs are not. People do not have to die as a result of these disasters. There are practical, effective ways to help poor families protect more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on October 10, 2008

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