Get Ready: Preparedness for Kids
Get Ready! is a 16 page guided activity book for kids to help them prepare for emergencies.
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Asia Pacific
Management of Landslides and Snow Avalanches
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
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Position Paper on Crowd Management at Places of Mass Gatherings
Concerned at the recurring stampedes at places of mass gathering, including religious places, and typically ad-hoc responses to those, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has embarked on formulating an integrated and structured approach to crowd and disaster management at such places. This position paper is a step in that direction. The objective of this document is “To lay
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Island school learns DRR – Maldives
Case study on how one island school is helping the community prepare for disaster after the 2004 Tsunami devastated their original settlement. One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Network for Disaster Reduction. GNDR, 2011. Island school learns DRR – Maldives, Overview of GNDR video case studies http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/case-studies/advocacy-a-awareness-raising/article/201-maldives.html, http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/case-studies.html
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Communicating with People with Disability: National Guidelines for Emergency Managers
A set of guidelines that have been designed to support emergency managers to better understand the varied communication needs of people with disability. They are intended to inform and complement the wide range of policies and procedures developed at all levels of government, business and the not-for-profit sector in support of incident management and the
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Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Sri Lanka: A Compendium of Good Practices
The compendium presents good practices of the community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) approach implemented under a Disaster Preparedness project in the North and East of Sri Lanka, supported by the Disaster Preparedness ECHO (DIPECHO). Learning drawn from the project can be replicated and built into future interventions. The compendium also highlights the post-conflict scenario, and how CBDRR approach can
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Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons and Information and Communication Technology in the Face of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Presentation on the experience from the Great East Japan Earthquake in terms of the impact of the disaster events on people with disability and their inclusion in response and recovery efforts. Jo Matsuzaki, Associate Professor, Miyagi University of Education, 2013. Online version of presentation http://www.preventionweb.net/files/globalplatform/519e280f8fb60Jo_Matsuzaki_English_revised.pdf
Indicators for Local Risk Index: Case Study Indonesia
A description of the indicators that were used on the local scale in Indonesia by the World Risk Index. One advantage of the local of the local index is the inclusion of data that was not available at global scale, for example on social networks and housing conditions. On the downside, some data that was
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A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters
This Workbook offers a step-by-step guide for city officials in proactively planning for natural disasters and climate change impacts. It is based on learning from three cities in Vietnam – Ha Noi, Can Tho, and Dong Hoi – that developed Local Resilience Action Plans (LRAPs) containing a set of prioritized actions, related to both infrastructure
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Critical Infrastructure Resilience Strategy
This paper outlines the infrastructure resilience strategy of the Australian government. It examines a wide range of key issues including networks, supply chains, shared risk, cross-secotral approaches, and knock-on effects. Commonwealth of Australia 2010 Online version of report http://www.tisn.gov.au/Documents/Australian+Government+s+Critical+Infrastructure+Resilience+Strategy.pdf
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