Following a number of landslides in August 2002, the International Federation, supported by the Regional Delegation in Central America, obtained funding from the British government to implement an early warning system in the event of future landslides. The overall objective was to ‘promote the development of community organizational and planning processes for the identification of …
This study focused on the modification and application of Costing Model (CM) and it developed an Event Impact Rapid Assessment and Disaster Scaling (EIRADS) calculator. To check the workability, the calculator was applied to an incident that happened at Cherry Hills Subdivision, Antipolo, Philippines. The application yielded the Total Damage Cost of the Event (TDCE) …
In February 2011, the Government of Nepal (GoN) launched the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC). The NRRC is a unique body that unites the GoN, the international financial institutions of the Asian Development Bank and World Bank, development partners and donors, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and the United Nations as members in …
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Hindi version of the Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction developed by INEE and GFDRR. Source: InterAgency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) , 2010. अधिक सुरक्षित विद्यालय निर्माण संबंधी मार्गदर्शी सूचना http://www.recoveryplatform.org/assets/publication/infra/Guidance_Notes_Safe_School_Construction_Hindi.pdf
تقدم الملاحظات الإرشادية لبناء مدارس أكثر أمانا ٬ إطار عمل من المبادئ الإرشادية والتطورات العامة لوضع خطة محددة السياق للتطرق لهذه الثغرة الهامة جداً وهي تأمين التعليم للجميع EFA وحتقيق أهداف التنمية الألفية MDGs عبر البناء القادر على مجابهة الكوارث وتحصين المباني المدرسية. يجب أن تستخدم الملاحظات الإرشادية لبناء مدارس أكثر أمانا من قبل واضعي …
Les Notes d’orientation pour la construction d’écoles plus sûres présentent un cadre de principes directeurs et de mesures générales pour élaborer un plan spécifique permettant de remédier à cette grave brèche qui empêche la réalisation de l’Éducation pour tous (EPT) et les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD) en créant et en modernisant des bâtiments …
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Panduan tentang Konstruksi Sekolah Yang Lebih Aman (the Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction) menyajikan kerangka prinsip-prinsip panduan dan langkah umum untuk mengembangkan suatu rencana yang context-specifi c untuk mengisi celah kritis dalam mencapai Pendidikan Untuk Semua (the Education for All = EFA) dan Tujuan Pembangunan Milenium (Millennium Development Goals = MDGs melalui konstruksi yang …
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In order to reduce the enormous destructive potential of landslides and to minimise the consequential losses, it is necessary that the hazard must first be recognised, the risk analysed and an appropriate strategy developed at the national level to mitigate its impact. To achieve this objective, the National Disaster Management Authority initiated a series of …
This video focuses on a case study from Tajikistan where heavy mudflows ravaged a village but the mobilised community was prepared and able to reduce the risk of disaster in their area. One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Network for Disaster Reduction. GNDR, 2011. Impact of mudflows reduced through …
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والطريقة المثلى لضمان سلامة عائلتك تتمثل في الاستعداد عن طريق وضع خطة كوارث. Set of fact sheets and preparedness checklists developed by the American Red Cross. Online version of fact sheetsand preparedness checklists http://www.redcross.org/prepare/disaster-safety-library