Disaster risk management emphasizes the systematical establishment of the risk management considering the characteristics of risk society, the universality, globalization, artificiality, and uncertainty of the risk. In China, the disaster risk management system is based on the relevant laws, regulations, ...
In 2009, a national disaster risk reduction, response and management framework was enacted (Republic Act [R.A.] 10121, 2009). This framework does not currently include occupational therapists. In order to be part of the disaster prepared and response process in the Philippines, occupational ...
In the aftermath of typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) in 2010, the government of the Philippines passed Republic Act 10121 or the Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, signifying the shift from disaster response to disaster preparedness, from the national down to the ...
The new minister can also act on behalf of the Prime Minister for the Central Disaster Management Council [15]. Based on the lessons from Kobe earthquake disaster, the seismic engineering The Earthquake Disaster Risk in Japan and Iran and the Necessity of Dynamic Learning… 15 http://dx.doi....
“Guidance of Disaster Debris Management”, “Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management” and “National Solid Waste Management Strategy” (USEPA, 1995; USEPA, 2008; The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, 2008; Crowley and Flachsbart, 2018; Asari et ...
Infectious disease outbreaks are increasingly recognised as events that exacerbate impacts or prolong recovery following disasters. Yet, our understanding of the frequency, geography, characteristics and risk factors of post-disaster disease outbreaks gl
Management (APDIM), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IRFC), Regional Education and Research Center on Earthquake Risk Management and Resilience for West and Central Asia (RCECWA), ECO Regional Center for Risk Management of Natural Disasters (ECO-RCRM), dolat.ir...
We must take a long-term view of disaster risk management. We used to a take a 200-year perspective. Then we got blindsided by the tsunami which has a probability of occurring once every 1,000 years. So we need to appreciate the earth's ultra-long lifespan. Another factor is rapi...
disaster risk reduction (DRR) that integrate with climate change adaptation. The stationarity of the hydrometeorological phenomena cannot be applied directly to plan the water-related disaster risk management. The conventional engineering solutions such as construction of structural measures like dams and ...
(Cohen et al.2013). Communities need to be assessed on educational background, ethnicity, and tribal location to reduce risks from humanitarian operations during disaster management (Haworth et al.2016). The challenges in identifying and preparing to mitigate risk, highlighted in “Appendix C”, ...