Four steps to prepare your household is an information and guided activity booklet for the general public. It focusses upon all hazards preparedness, and aims to prepare people for recovery. It is a hard copy 34 page publication. This publication is also available in an audio file.
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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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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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This presentation, delivered at the Disability Inclusive DRR session on widening participation of persons with disabilities in the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, examines the specific challenges faced by deaf and hard-of-hearing persons during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Drawing on NHK survey data from 27 municipalities across Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures,
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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This handbook, part of the Australian Disaster Resilience Handbook Collection published by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, provides practical guidance for emergency managers on communicating effectively with people with disabilities across all phases of disaster prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Grounded in Australia’s National Disability Strategy and National Strategy for Disaster Resilience, it outlines
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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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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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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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Urban Risk Assessments: Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities (World Bank, 2012) provides a practical framework for analyzing and managing disaster and climate risks in urban areas. Designed for city officials, urban planners, and development practitioners, the resource introduces the Urban Risk Assessment (URA) methodology, which integrates three core pillars—hazard impact, institutional capacity, and
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