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This paper aims to consider the multitude of ways in which one disaster may precipitate another, either by directly causing it (if there would otherwise not be the second event) or by severely impairing the resilience and response of the communities in question to the second event. Effective and successful reduction and manageme…
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This paper presents the education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” which was created in 2002 by the Latin American and the Caribbean Offices of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), and the United Nations Children´s Fund (UNICEF). It was designed for children between 8 and 12…
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This input paper is a case study review developed by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) for the establishment of the Emergency Fund for Animals in Disasters in Costa Rica. The fund would provide for adequate resources to be available to implement disaster response and recovery procedures, protecting the livelihood…
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This paper discusses and examines three sub-topics related to early warning system (EWS) for lahar in Merapi volcano. The first is the history of the development process of EWS in Merapi volcano before the 2010 eruption, the second is the impact of the 2010 eruption to the existing EWS, and the last is the future challenges on the next Me…
This paper reviews progress in the integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into Australian school curricula programs and support materials since 2005. Researchers such as Ronan and Johnston (2005) stress the importance of school disaster education and the youth-school-family network in building community resilience to disasters. The find…
This publication discusses the importance of indicators as tools for monitoring and evaluating purposes and especially for the process of disaster risk reduction. Indicators provide useful ready reckoners to monitor the levels progress achieved for a set of activities or sub-activities, identify the strong and weak areas and facilitate mid-course c…
This paper is the result of collaboration between the Municipality of Amadora (Portugal), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and an Australian member of an international research team, which has been involved in community engagement. This publication explores the stakeholder engagement process by the Municipality of Amadora to build communit…
This essay illuminates four reoccurring obstructions to transitioning the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) into grassroots praxis and offers empirical case studies to highlight these: community ownership of risk, youth involvement, bipartisan support for implementation, and holistic development funding. The author proposes the following to ov…
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This technical background paper discusses volcanic ash fall hazard modelling, implemented at the global and local scales (Napoli, Italy). These models are probabilistic whereas outputs are in the form of hazard maps and curves that show the probabilities associated with exceeding key hazard thresholds at the given locations. The scarcity…
This paper seeks to inform policy changes that can be considered in the post 2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, drawing lessons from the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand and the Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Both events offer the opportunity for researchers and practitioners to review current practice…
This publication provides insight into the potential richness and range of risk assessment approaches and their capacity to meet a variety of purposes and contexts within the same overarching framework. It is aimed at government officials, donors, and nongovernmental organisations considering investment in the development of risk information. For s…
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This paper reports progress and documents good practices from around the world both towards the integration of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in disaster recovery as well as the crucial role of recovery in promoting and institutionalising longer term DRR in government systems. The publication offers the following recommendations: building g…
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The aim of this paper is to review the application of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) methodologies related to tsunami risk, with a focus on south-east Asia, especially Indonesia and Sri Lanka, which were highly impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. This publication offers the following recommendations for bridging the potential implementa…
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This paper documents the development of an effective flood Early Warning System (EWS) in the Umbria Region (Central Italy), as underpinned by the Hyogo Framework. Drawing lessons from this experience, the paper suggests that to improve the Early Warning System, the following aspects should be considered: penetration of the warning and the degree…
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This paper seeks to take stock of what has been done to address complex risks in risk management risks. Its intention is to highlight what is known and what risk managers can already do to better address complex risks. The publication also underlines the key challenges that need to be addressed in the future. The policy recommendations (pp. 21-23) made…

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