This report has been compiled in support of the 2015 WCDRR to introduce and promote the use of satellite EO in support of DRR. The report highlights some of the unique capabilities of satellite EO, though often combined with other data sources, and the related efforts of the specialist space agencies entrusted by governments to develop and operate the satellites.Section 2 presents […]
This guideline is designed to address the lack of appropriate information and practices on inclusive policies and practices on disaster preparedness, accessible early warnings, accessible transportation, and life safety and evacuation of persons with disabilities. It focuses on inclusive disaster risk reduction strategies, from working with the community of persons with disabilities, to the design
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«Системы раннего оповещения на базе сообществ: руководящие принципы» – один и справочников, подготовленных Международной Федерацией обществ Красного Креста и Красного Полумесяца (МФОККиКП) наряду с Руководящими указаниями по оценке уязвимости и потенциала (ОУП), информированию общественности и осуществлению образовательных программ на базе сообществ. Данные руководящие принципы также дополняют Справочное руководство по вопросам чрезвычайного реагирования при бедствиях и
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Asian Disaster Management News Vol. 21 (2015) This edition of Asian Disaster Management News focuses on early warning systems. It includes over 7 diferent articles, including case study on Flood Early Warning Systems as a Climate Resilience Measure in Indonesia. Asian Disaster Management News Vol. 21 (2015) on Flood Early Warning Systems
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The Training Toolkit for Community Early Warning Systems is an operational manual that aims to strengthen early warning systems in a developing country context. It accompanies and should put into practice the guiding strategic principles found in the Community Early Warning Systems: Guiding Principles. The Toolkit is developed as a ready-to-go Training of Trainers (ToT)
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The Maldives is prone to a number of hazards including tsunamis, earthquakes, flash floods, tidal waves, thunderstorms, tornadoes and waterspouts, strong winds, and drought. Therefore, early warning is essential in timely notification of alerts so that the general populace may be able to take the necessary precautions. In the case of the Maldives, if an early warning is introduced, it
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Technological hazards are an increasing source of risk to people and their environment. This is an effect of the globalization of production, an increase of industrialization and a certain level of risk of accidents connected with production, processes, transportation and waste management. These risks are associated with the release of substances in accident condition or with the production
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ACAPS preliminary Briefing Note on Typhoon Hagupit Category 5 Typhoon Hagupit, locally known as Ruby, made landfall on the evening of 6 December over the town of Dolores in Eastern Samar province (Eastern Philippines). This may be the first of at least six landfalls the typhoon may make between 6 and 8 December. Hagupit’s 600km diameter means that
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Best e-Gov Project: Special Mention
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Preventing disease outbreaks has been a vital role carried out by WHO during the 2009 humanitarian crisis in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province. This film looks at how WHO and its Health Cluster partners have used the Disease Early Warning System to monitor for possible outbreaks, respond to suspected or confirmed cases of communicable diseases,
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