services, and natural disasters risk reduction or urbanization –can be fostered by acting collectively. unesdoc.unesco.org 我们坚信通过共同努力就能推动实现各项政府间科学计划应对地球所面临 的 21 世纪全球性挑战的目标—如气候变化、水资源管理、保持生态系统的服务功 能 、降低自 然 灾 害的风险。 unesdo...
The main escalation points for tsunami related disasters were found to be failures of tsunami warnings, power plants, medical facilities, educational facilities, and infrastructure. From the perspectives of critical infrastructure resilience and disaster risk reduction, analysis of cascading impacts of ...
"There is no time to waste. The current uncertainties around our world must not be a barrier to action. Delay is not an option. We can no longer afford delaying investments in disaster risk reduction. The systemic challenges of the 21st century require systemic thinking, coordination and respon...
This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main objective of this work is to identify the main determinants of the distribution of these resources, and for this purpose an index of historical physical impacts of natural disasters, ...
A clear distinction between disaster prediction and risk assessment is necessary for effective disaster reduction. Disaster prediction models objects that face hazard, damage, or loss, while risk assessment models the likelihoods of the scene in future adverse incidents. In terms of mathematics, a ...
Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction by F. Kruger, G. Bankoff, T. Cannon, B. Orlowski and E.L.F. Shipper Book review of: Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction F. Krüger, G. Bankoff, T. Cannon, B...
Levy JK, Gopalakrishnan C (2010) A policy-focused approach to natural hazards and disasters—towards disaster risk reduction (DRR): introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research. J Nat Resour Policy Res 2:317–323...
Increasingly, international organisations (e.g. UNESCO, UNISDR), governments (e.g. Canada), and non-government organisations (NGOs) (e.g. Save the Children, Christian Aid) and researchers use video games to raise disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) awareness. Yet, there is a paucity...
"On this International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, I call on all countries to invest in early-warning systems and support those who lack capacity. Extreme weather events will happen. But they do not need to become deadly disasters," said Guterres.■...
At the same time, studies have shown once again that proper prevention saves lives and damage. With this in mind, people at the Sendai meeting were able to come up with new agreements that effective ways of disaster risk reduction will be carried out in the coming years for those who ...