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Displaying 90 of about 151 resultsThis document highlights the role of the environment as an important issue in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). However, it is true that the environmental dimension has been overlooked to a certain extent and has not received adequate attention and practical guidance in the field of disaster risk management.
The publication proceeds with some recom…
This review of HFA Priority 3.1 aims to describe both the progress and challenges in the indicator: “Relevant information on disasters is available and accessible at all levels to all stakeholders (through networks, development of information sharing systems)”. The publication provides some guidance to a post-2015 framework that will…
SM Prime’s (shopping mall company) commitment in building safer and disaster‐resilient malls was considered in SM Cabanatuan by consciously and decisively designing the mall to allow overflowing creek floodwater during extreme floods into the mall property. The lower ground structure also serves as a temporary flood catchment which minimized the level o…
The main objective of this report is to identify key trends in terms of progress made and challenges faced at both national and regional levels through the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters in Europe.
The document is based on the reports submitted by countrie…
This report aims to provide a thematic review on risk governance in Africa as a contribution to the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2015). It identifies achievements, good practices, gaps and challenges against selected Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) indicators (in particular Priority 1 and 5) with a focus on disaster rec…
This paper addresses five primary objectives:
document country, regional and global coordinated initiatives for development of Early Warning Systems (EWS) underpinned by the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA);
assess the current state of implementation of EWS at the country level spanning governance, key drivers (e.g., risk-based), institutional coord…
This report profiles the frequency, location and severity of natural hazards across Africa, a continent that holds half of the world’s most risk-prone countries, and is experiencing a rising number of disasters. The report examines risk drivers that exacerbate natural hazards’ impacts on populations, and analyses the state of Africa’s preparedness again…
This report aims to answer the questions: i) how can decentralisation strengthen disaster risk reduction (DRR), and ii) what obstacles are encountered and how can these be overcome. The evidence in this report is drawn from a global literature review and field research in Colombia, Indonesia, Mozambique and South Africa.
The authors propose a deco…
This report analyses data regarding past impacts and projections for tsunami disaster risk. Tsunamis are rare, powerful and unpredictable natural hazards, and they are the deadliest type of major natural disaster on the planet in terms of the proportion of victims killed.
The publication proposes the following recommendations:
Regional and inte…
This document attempts to fill knowledge gaps regarding the role of the private sector in disaster recovery and draws from the wider body of knowledge and from documented experiences of past and present disaster planning and recovery. This guide is intended for use by local, regional, and national government policymakers, planners, operational…
Esta publicación es el producto de un proceso de consulta liderado por FAO y UNISDR durante 2016 a raíz del lanzamiento del Marco de Acción de Sendai para la Reducción del Riesgo 2015-2030. Buscó identificar los elementos clave para su implementación en el sector agrícola (cultivos, ganadería, bosques, pesca y acuicultura), en reconocimiento de la resp…
The paper focuses on reviewing the progress achieved against HFA Priority for Action 1 ("Ensuring that disaster risk reduction is a national and local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation") and specifically the progress in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) within the agriculture sector.
The paper propos…
This paper explains how mitigating the emergence and spread of infectious disease necessitates mapping and prioritising the interdependencies between public health and other sectors. Conversely, during an international public health emergency, significant disruption occurs not only to healthcare systems, but also to a potentially wide range of…
This paper discusses the inclusion of disaster risk reduction in the curriculum of the University of Botswana. Botswana has in fact suffered great losses from natural disasters like drought, livestock/cattle diseases, heavy rains and floods, thunder and wind storms, health hazards (malaria, HIV & AIDS, vectors, and cholera), wild land fire…
This document discusses disaster risk reduction measures in coastal areas of India and analyses three cases in Kerala, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. While there are several approaches to managing the coastal resources, the paper argues they have failed to create a balance between development, coastal degradation and disaster risk reduction.
This pa…