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Recommandations de la Table Ronde “La Valeur Ajoutée des Femmes dans la Protection Civile”
PPRD South, 2012
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Presentations - UNFCCC Workshop on Identification of Gaps and Challenges of Risk Management Approaches to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change
UNFCCC, 2011The SBI at its 33rd session requested the secretariat to organize, before its thirty-fifth session, a workshop to identify gaps and challenges in the implementation of risk management approaches to the adverse effects of climate change, building on the lessons learned and practical experience of international, regional and national organizations and the private sector.
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IWR Report, 2011-R-08. Flood risk management approaches : as being practiced in Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat, the United Kingdom Environment Agency, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers agreed in 2009 to develop a document to explore risk-informed approaches as being practiced and developed primarily in those four countries. This document, the result of that collaboration, reflects contributions from agencies within the four participating nations but is not an official position of any government or international organization. It is organized around a conceptual framework developed to encomp ...
United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2011)
United Nations, 2011The 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction was prepared while disasters have continued to wipe out the lives and livelihoods of millions. The impacts of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 and floods in Pakistan in July 2010 show how disaster risk and poverty are closely interlinked. Meanwhile, in 2011, floods in Australia, the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster wreaking havoc in north-eastern Japan as this report goes to press are a stark reminder that developed countries are also very exposed. Less visi ...
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الدليل المنزلي = Lebanon disaster guide
UN/ISDR, 2011This disaster preparedness guide provides general information to help general public prepare for natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, land slides, storms, floods and fires. The booklet gives a brief orientation on what to do before, during and after a disaster strikes and identifies useful procedures and emergency tools that can be used in the event of an emergency.
Introduction to disaster risk reduction
This document gives an introduction to the concepts related to disaster risk reduction (DRR): disaster, risk, hazard, vulnerability, copying capacity, resilience, emergency and disaster management, DRR and disaster risk management. It describes the interaction between hazards, vulnerability and disaster risk, then presents a detailed explanation of these concepts. It also introduces a framework for DRR and addresses cross-cutting issues such as development, governance, gender and climate change adaptation.
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe : a review of Risk Governance
UN/ISDR, 2011This study aims to analyse climate related disasters risk reduction governance in the European context. There will be a particular focus on the flow of information from researchers to policy makers and the way in which the decision-making process in climate adaptation and risk reduction is commonly managed. The study will confine itself to Europe and will look into practical cases of European regional and national adaptation strategies. It will also investigate specific projects and initiatives addressing Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
At the crossroads : climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific
UN/ISDR, 2011This report was prepared to provide a snapshot of how disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) are undertaken and integrated, if at all, in the Asia Pacific region. It does so by taking stock of past and ongoing regional initiatives and by looking into the role of certain organizations in the implementation process. It also discusses key developments in three areas—political, policy and institutional—which are instrumental in facilitating the integration of DRR and CCA agendas in the region. Concluding remarks and next steps to push the integration forward are presente ...
تقرير التقييم العاملي بشأن احلد من خماطر الكوارث لعام2011 :الكشف عن املخاطر وإعادة تعريف التنمية
الأمم المتحدة, 2011إن اإلصدار الثاني من تقرير التقييم العاملي بشأن احلد من مخاطر الكوارث الصادر عن األمم املتحدة يعتبر مصدراً لفهم وحتليل اخملاطر العاملية للكوارث في احلاضر واملستقبل. وتواصل الكوارث الكبيرة والصغيرة، من كارثة زلزال هايتي في يناير/كانون الثاني 2010 لتأثيرات الفيضانات األخيرة في بلدان مثل بنني والبرازيل، توضيح العالقة الوثيقة بني الكوارث والفقر
Informe de evaluación global sobre la reducción del riesgo de desastres (GAR 2011) : revelar el riesgo, replantear el desarrollo
Naciones Unidas, 2011Esta segunda edición del Informe de evaluación global sobre la reducción del riesgo de desastres de las Naciones Unidas proporciona un recurso para comprender y analizar el riesgo global de desastres hoy y en el futuro. Los desastres grandes y pequeños, desde la catástrofe de Haití en enero de 2010 hasta los impactos recientes de las inundaciones en países como Benín o Brasil, siguen demostrando la estrecha relación que existe entre los desastres y la pobreza.
Indicadores de riesgo de desastre y gestión de riesgos: El Salvador
IDB, 2011Este documento contiene los indicadores de riesgos de desastres y gestión del riesgo calculados para El Salvador (IDD, IVP, IDL e IGR) según la metodología desarrollada por el Banco. Este documento se refiere forma el Sistema de Indicadores cubre diferentes perspectivas de la problemática de riesgos de El Salvador y tiene en cuenta aspectos como: condiciones de daño o pérdidas potenciales debido a la probabilidad de eventos extremos, desastres o efectos sufridos de manera recurrente, condiciones socio-ambientales que facilitan que se presenten desastres, capacidad de recuperación macroeconómic ...
Réduction des risques de catastrophe: Bilan mondial (GAR 2011)
Nations Unies, 2011La deuxième édition du Bilan mondial sur la réduction des risques de catastrophe des Nations Unies est une ressource permettant de comprendre et d’analyser les risques de catastrophe à l’échelle mondiale aujourd’hui et à l’avenir. Des catastrophes plus ou moins graves, du séisme survenu en Haïti en janvier 2010 aux impacts récents des inondations dans des pays comme le Bénin ou le Brésil, continuent à mettre en évidence les rapports étroits entre les catastrophes et la pauvreté.
Investing in communities: the benefits and costs of building resilience for food security in Malawi : investing in disaster risk reduction activities in Malawi
This publication reports on a community-based cost benefit analysis of a disaster risk reduction (DRR) and food security programme in a Malawian agricultural community. The aim of this study is to assess programme activities for their cost-effectiveness and to gather evidence to help inform programming decisions taken by Tearfund, their partners and other NGOs. A second key aim is to inform policy-relevant recommendations to help convince governments, donors and UN agencies to act in a timely way and with appropriate interventions to address food insecurity, given the growing threat from droug ...
IOC Manuals and Guides, 50. Hazard awareness and risk mitigation in ICAM : Integrated Coastal Area Management
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); et al. - UNESCO, 2009These guidelines aim to assist policy makers and managers in the reduction of the risks to coastal communities, their infrastructure and service-providing ecosystems from tsunamis, storm surges and other coastal hazards within the phased framework of Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM). As a context for the procedures presented in the Guidelines, the full framework of the ICAM process is used. This shows how the assessment of coastal hazards and the mitigation of the risks in respect of those hazards can be embedded within the four phases of ICAM, each with its respective procedural step ...
The Global Alliance for disaster risk reduction : building safer, resilient communities
IFRC, 2008This document presents the International Federation's concern about disaster management and priority to ensure that disaster risk reduction is an integral part of its development work and that all its programmes work towards disaster risk reduction in an integrated and mutually supportive way.
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