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How to make cities more resilient: a handbook for local government leaders
UN/ISDR, 2012This handbook provides mayors, governors, councillors and other local government leaders with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose. It discusses why building disaster resilience is beneficial; what kind of strategies and actions are required; and how to go about the task. It offers practical guidance to understand and take action on the "Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient" as set out in the global campaign "Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!".
Safari's encounter with coastal and marine hazards : UNISUNISDR Africa educational series, vol. 4, issue 1:
UN/ISDR, 2012This booklet targets primary school children to sensitize them to the causes, impacts and mitigation of coastal and marine hazards, such as cyclone, tsunami, storm surge and flood, as well as other natural hazards such as drought, oil spill, ‘red tide’ and ‘brown tide’, and city fire.
Drought contingency plans and planning in the Greater Horn of Africa : a desktop review of the effectiveness of drought contingency plans and planning in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia:
UN/ISDR, 2012This paper is a UNISDR contribution towards effective Drought Contingency Planning (DCP) for stakeholders and partners implementing drought risk reduction programmes in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA). It attempts to convert findings, concepts and guidelines into a guidance document from critical gaps to bridge general drought preparedness, contingency planning and early response.
The paper points out that although 'Drought Contingency Plan' and 'Drought Contingency Planning' are used interchangeably, they are not identical. With respect to this review a few conceptual and ope ...
Toolkit for national platforms for disaster risk reduction in Africa
UN/ISDR, 2012This toolkit outlines actions, examples and resources available for those with the responsibility for invigorating their country’s national platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) or participating in it. It is designed for those who have the responsibility to set up, maintain and sustain a national platform for DRR, or participants who organize and administer them.
Stakeholders may include: government officials, members of civil society and the NGO community, as well as representatives of international organizations, donors, private sector, and members of communities at risk ...
Disaster reduction in Africa: in ISDR Informs, special issue on drought risk reduction
UN/ISDR, 2012This special issue looks at drought risk reduction through the lens of the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA), the global framework for disaster risk reduction. It features the excellent work being done throughout the African region and underscores the necessary holistic approach to achieve better resilience to drought in the future. This issue has been made possible by the financial contribution of ECHO.
Training package on natural hazards and early warning for training of trainers’ in Kenya
UN/ISDR, 2012The overall aim of the training package is to increase awareness on natural hazards and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to key stakeholders with knowledge on disaster management to empower the actors to support their organizations in developing disaster resilient programs and projects.
This training manual is for use in DRR training aimed at building the capacity of sub-national government officials, NGOs, academia and other actors responsible for delivering, implementing, planning, researching or coordinating programs/policies and projects by raising awareness on DRR issues. The ...
Sustainable development 20 years on from the Earth Summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC, 2012This report describes the progress achieved in relation to sustainable development since 1992 and the gaps still remaining. It is divided into two parts: (i) of the main traits of development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the past 20 years, particularly those which touch upon economic, social and environmental aspects such as the reduction of exposure to disasters; and (ii) proposed guidelines for moving towards sustainable development in the region.
The guidelines recommend: (i) creating synergies among inclusion, social protection, human security, empowerment of peopl ...
Towards a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction
UN/ISDR, 2012This UNISDR paper outlines some substantive issues and a process of consultations as the disaster risk reduction community heads toward the end date of the current blueprint for global disaster risk reduction, the Hyogo Framework of Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. It includes a timeframe and timeline of main events for a Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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2011 disasters in numbers
UN/ISDR, 2012For two consecutive years the long-term disasters trend has been bucked by major earthquakes which claimed thousands of lives and affected millions in both 2010 and 2011, according to new statistics published today by CRED and the UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR.
制订2015 年后减轻灾害风险框架
UN/ISDR, 2012《2005–2015 年兵库行动框架：提高国家和社区的抗灾力》（以下简称“《HFA 框 架》”）是减轻灾害风险的知识、实践、实施、经验和科学的来源。随着《HFA 框 架》期限将至，提出一种方法并展开有关后续框架的讨论，以备2015 年世界减灾 大会审议，这一点至关重要。
《制订2015 年后减轻灾害风险框架》一文包含背景信息（A 章节）；趋势、进展和 挑战概述（B 章节）；以及有关2015 年后框架形式的讨论（C 章节）。本文还概述 了磋商过程、时间表（D 章节），以及2015 年前的重要活动（参见时间表）。
О разработке Рамочной программы действий по снижению риска бедствий после 2015 года
UN/ISDR, 2012Хиогская рамочная программа действий на 2005–2015 годы (ХРПД): Создание потенциала противодействия бедствиям на уровне государств и общин – инициатива по изучению, разработке и реализации мер, а также накоплению опыта и научному изучению вопросов, связанных со снижением риска бедствий. Одновременно с
завершением действующей ХРПД необходимо выработать стратегию и сформулировать темы для обсуждения в связи с продолжением программы, которые могут быть рассмотрены на Всемирной конференции по уменьшению опасности
бедствий в 2015 году.
Настоящий документ «О разработке Рамочной п ...
Vers un cadre d’action post-2015 pour la réduction des risques de catastrophe
UN/ISDR, 2012Le cadre d’action de Hyogo (CAH) 2005-2015 : construire la résilience des nations et des communautés face aux catastrophes, inspire les connaissances, les pratiques, la mise en oeuvre, l’expérience et la science pour la réduction des risques de catastrophe. Alors que l’actuel CAH touche à sa fin, il est temps de réfléchir à la suite de l’action et sur les discussions qui s’engageront à la Conférence mondiale de 2015 sur la réduction des risques de catastrophes.
2. Le présent document, « Vers un cadre d’action post-2015 pour la réduction des risques de catastrophe », propose un historiqu ...
Hacia un Marco después del 2015 para la reducción del riesgo de desastres
UN/ISDR, 2012El Marco de Acción de Hyogo para 2005-2015 (HFA): Aumento de la resiliencia de las naciones y las comunidades ante los desastres es la fuente de inspiración de conocimientos, prácticas, implementación, experiencia y ciencias para la reducción del riesgo de desastres. Como nos aproximamos a la finalización del HFA actual, es importante plantear un enfoque y orientar el debate sobre una continuación para su consideración en la Conferencia Mundial sobre la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales en 2015.
El informe Hacia un Marco después del 2015 para la reducción del riesgo de desastres incl ...
Second world landslide forum: putting science into practice - abstract book
UN/ISDR, 2011This abstract book of the Second World Landslide Forum reviews 29 sessions addressing: landslides and land-use systems, food security, wild fires, extreme weather, GIS applications developments, socio-economic impact, transportation network and lifelines, policies, urban risk reduction, early warnings and emergency plans, training and capacity development, tsunami, cultural heritage, and seismic landslide hazard analysis. It asserts that incoming climatic changes urge appropriate policies to face the new challenges posed by hydrometeorological hazards. The Forum was held in Rome on 3-9 October ...
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