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Displaying 43 of about 43 resultsThis monthly newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the first RISK Award ceremony at the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference, Davos 2012; (ii) the devastating floods that hit hard the Philippines); (iii) the request to SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction Margareta Wahlström made by Japanese school ch…
This monthly newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) Rio+20 rallies support for the Hyogo Framework for Action; (ii) the UK's chief scientific adviser calls for better risk communication; (iii) Rio+20 disaster risk reduction (DRR) showcase; (iv) UNISDR's record-breaking year; and (v) Japan's $3 billion DRR pl…
This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better. It asserts that telling live lessons have great value as a way to create monuments and memorials, and can be transformative and therapeutic activities for individuals and who…
In the aftermath of disasters, local governments are primarily responsible for implementing quick recovery programs, including the relocation of affected people from areas at risk to safer places, rehabilitation of destroyed infrastructure, as well as the recovery of health, livelihood, social security and protection. The concerns of local administratio…
This document outlines the preliminary observations of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 (GLIDE number: EQ-2011-000028-JPN) including: its type, hypocenter, magnitude; the subsequent tsunami; effects of the earthquake and tsunami in terms of human casualties and economic damage; the disaster affected area; disaster preparedness measures;…
Okinawa, Japan, located southwest of the country, is heavily dependent on tourism, the largest economic sector in the region. Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, the Okinawa Prefectural Government launched the Tourism Crisis Management initiative, a multi-faceted project to reduce the disaster risks and prepare for potential c…
This paper discusses the important of the human rights-based approach regarding public health for the reduction of disaster risk in Japan. The authors also underline the fact that transboundary cooperation is necessary to prepare for mega-disasters.
This document is an input paper of the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction.
This input paper for the 2015 Global Assessment Report explores how public and private agencies can help protect the country’s most vulnerable economic activities and productive sectors to reduce the overall impacts of disasters. The publication presents case studies from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China and Canada.
The conclusions of the…
This situation report introduces Typhoon Neoguri's intensity and track, the regions to be affected in Japan and other countries, and the potential damages of Typhoon Neoguri. It then presents historical background and details on the current situation in Japan, previous typhoons in Japan and more specifically in Okinawa Prefecture, the casualties and dam…
This publication aims to shed some light on women’s capabilities to take leading roles in building disaster resilience. It features women as drivers of change in different socio-economic contexts, and under various gender conditions.
While the examples portrayed in the publication present a broad range of approaches to women-led disaster risk reduction…
This document summarizes strategic recommendations to ensure recovery and reconstruction are explicitly referred to in the Post-2015 Global Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (HFA2). It is the outcome of the International Recovery Forum, held in Kobe, Japan, in January 2013, which gathered 180 disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners and policymak…
This report brings together best practices in earthquake risk reduction from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, as well as Mongolia, which were shared in a regional online workshop organized in August 2023 by the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) as part of a collaboration bet…
This collection of good practices shows how building the capacity of local institutions is key to sustaining disaster risk reduction, and demonstrates the immediate impact of local and national political commitments that institutionalise disaster risk reduction. It also showcases collaboration between local and national governments, civil society organi…