Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Disaster Preparedness
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Compendium on water-related hazards and extreme weather events in Central Asia and neighbouring countries
Water-related disasters and extreme weather events are occurring with increasing frequency in Central Asia and in the countries that surround it. Floods, landslides/mudflows, droughts and earthquakes,
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Nepal disaster report 2011: policies, practices and lessons
This report is a compendium of understanding, concepts, experiences and lessons of disaster risk management (DRM), emergency response planning and capacity building in Nepal. It also provides a chronology
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A&N Islands disaster management plan 2012
A&N Islands having been pursuing a paradigm shift in disaster management from a relief centric approach in the past to the current holistic one, encompassing all facets of disaster management. The Andaman
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World disasters report 2012: focus on forced migration and displacement
<p><span id="itro1">This 2012 edition of World Disasters Report released by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies focuses on the plight of people forcibly displaced by conflict,
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World risk report 2012: environmental degradation and disasters
<p>This new report shows how environmental degradation reduces the capacity of societies to deal with disaster risk in many countries around the world. It examines who is at risk from natural disasters, what contributes to this risk and what can be done about it.</p>
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Asia-Pacific disaster report 2012: reducing vulnerability and exposure to disasters
The ESCAP/UNISDR Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2012, Reducing Vulnerability and Exposure to Disasters provides an analysis of the impact of disasters on Asian and Pacific countries between 1970 to 2011,
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Children's action for disaster risk reduction: views from children in Asia
The Secretariat for the UNISDR has released a report outlining the contributions from children to disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts in Asia titled “Children’s Action for DRR: Views From Children in
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ADB's response to natural disasters and disaster risks
This evaluation study assesses ADB’s response to natural disasters and disaster risks, and explores ways to improve ADB operations in these areas. It distinguishes between two broad categories of disaster-related
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Japan finds another gap in its disaster readiness - Mount Fuji
When Toshitsugu Fujii became head of a Japanese task force on disaster response at Mount Fuji, he was confronted with a startling oversight. Japan had no plan in place to deal with a disaster in which
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Making cities resilient report 2012
<p><span id="itro1">In this new report UNISDR provides a snapshot of resilience building activities at the local level and identifies trends in the perceptions and approaches of local governments toward