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Drought-Ready Communities: A Guide to Community Drought Preparedness

27 Oct 2013
The process outlined in the Guide is broad-based, recognizing that drought creates problems that go beyond the scope of what water suppliers alone can address. Worksheets and other exercises can help communities see how drought has affected water sup...
Guidance material, Drought, Public Awareness and Public Education, Wildfire
Case Study

Drought-Ready Community: Norman, Oklahoma

27 Oct 2013
A Compilation of Reports from the 2010 Class of “Applied Climatology and Meteorology” at the University of Oklahoma that review the drought experience of Norman, Oklahoma; future risks; and preliminary steps that the city can take for effective d...
Case Study, Drought
Guidance material

Urban Drought Guidebook: 2008 Updated Edition

27 Oct 2013
Managing water shortages involves using programs to temporarily reduce demand and find alternate water to temporarily increase supply. The guidebook discusses water shortage management programs that belong in water shortage contingency plans. It w...
Guidance material, Drought, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Drought Preparedness Planning: Building Institutional Capacity

27 Oct 2013
Past attempts to manage drought and its impacts through a reactive, crisis management approach have been ineffective, poorly coordinated, and untimely. Because of the ineffectiveness of this approach, greater interest has evolved in recent years ...
Guidance material, Drought
Case Study

Drought preparedness, impact and response: A case of the Eastern Cape and Free State provinces of South Africa

27 Oct 2013
Drought is a major disaster in South Africa in terms of total economic loss and number of people affected. This study investigated and analysed the preparedness, impact of and response by the farming community to the 2007/2008 drought using the Eas...
Case Study, Drought
Report

La géographie de la pauvreté, des catastrophes et des conditions climatiques extrêmes en 2030

27 Oct 2013
Ce rapport examine la relation entre les catastrophes et la pauvreté. Il conclut qu’en 2030, jusqu’à 325 millions de personnes extrêmement pauvres pourraient vivre dans les 49 pays les plus exposés aux risques de catastrophes naturel...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Flood
Report

La geografía de la pobreza, los desastres y el clima extremo en 2030

27 Oct 2013
La geografía de la pobreza, los desastres y el clima extremo en 2030 examina la relación entre los desastres y la pobreza. Concluye que, para 2030, hasta 325 millones de personas extremadamente pobres habitarán en los 49 países más expuestos...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Flood
Guidance material

Protect Your Property from an Earthquake

27 Oct 2013
Protecting your property from earthquakes can involve a variety of actions, from inspecting and maintaining your building to installing protective devices. The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has put together a variety of short guides to speci...
Guidance material, Earthquake
Guidance material

ShakeOut earthquake drills

27 Oct 2013
The Great ShakeOut is a once a year earthquake drill first held in California in 2008 to raise awareness across all segments of the community. Participation has since spread around the globe and an increasing numebr of communities take part every yea...
Guidance material, Earthquake
Case Study

Risk Management and Sustainability in Educative Sector: Experience of Bogotá, Colombia

27 Oct 2013
Case study reviewing curricula changes and retrofitting programs introdcued in Bogotá, Colombia to promote both safe schools and disaster preparedness education in schools. Online version of case study http://www.preventionweb.net/files/7673_CCocaOD...
Case Study, Earthquake, Public Awareness and Public Education

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