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Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons and Information and Communication Technology in the Face of the Great East Japan Earthquake

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, […]

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Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has put together a set of guides to incremental retrofitting strategies for a wide variety of building types. FEMA, 2003. FEMA overview of earthquake safety at work, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Office Buildings, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Retail Buildings, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of

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Earthquake Preparedness Drill Manuals: Step-by-Step Guides for Schools, Businesses, Non-Profits, and Government Agencies (ShakeOut)

These four drill manuals, developed by the Earthquake Country Alliance as part of the Great California ShakeOut program, provide step-by-step guidance for planning and conducting earthquake preparedness drills across different organizational settings: K-12 schools, businesses, non-profit and other organizations, and government agencies and facilities. Each manual is structured around the core earthquake response action of

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Earthquake Property Protection: Practical How-To Guides for Securing Buildings, Equipment, and Utilities (FEMA)

This collection of practical guidance flyers, published by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provides step-by-step instructions for homeowners, building managers, and facility staff on how to protect property and reduce earthquake-related damage through structural and non-structural mitigation measures. The series covers a wide range of actions that can be taken before an earthquake

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Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in Nepal

This publication is one of a series produced under the project ‘Living with risk – sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region’, implemented by ICIMOD during a 15-month period in 2006 and 2007. Through this project, ICIMOD has endeavoured to encourage knowledge sharing and to strengthen capacity among key practitioners in the fi eld of disaster preparedness and

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Humanitarian Exchange Magazine: Lessons learned from the Haiti Earthquake Response

Special feature of the Humanitarian Exchange focusing on the response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Although much of the early media coverage emphasised the tardiness and inefficiency of the humanitarian response, subsequent reviews have recognised the complex operating environment and the extensive challenges involved. That does not, however, mean that mistakes were not made. 

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Türkiye’de son on yılda Afet Yönetiminde Gelişmeler

Bu makale, “Türkiye’de Son 10 Yılda Afet Yönetiminde Gelişmeler” başlığıyla H. Türkoğlu ve A. Yönder tarafından hazırlanmış olup, 1999 Marmara Depremi sonrasında Türkiye’de afet yönetimi alanında yaşanan dönüşümleri kapsamlı şekilde ele almaktadır. Çalışma, artan kentleşme, doğal tehlikeler ve iklim değişikliği bağlamında Türkiye’nin maruz kaldığı riskleri değerlendirerek, afet yönetimi ve risk azaltma politikalarının önemini vurgulamaktadır. Ayrıca

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What are the tricks for Constructing Earthquake-resistant Buildings?

“This booklet targets the key players in the construction process of non-engineered building construction aiming to empower them with the new knowledge to fulfill the basic requirements of earthquake resistant buildings. This booklet can be distributed to the comunities, to the social workers and disaster related organizations as an awareness tool for creating the demand

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