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Vulnerable Populations
Only plastic between Haiti homeless and brewing storms
25 Feb 2010, Reuters Alertnet
'Port-au-Prince is built on vulnerable small slopes and mountains. With the rains, these slopes start softening up and cause mudslides like we have seen in the past, causing schools to collapse and more deaths' Margareta Wahlstöm told Reuters AlertNet...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 4.2 [PDF, 102Kb]Social development policies and plans are being implemented to reduce the vulnerability of populations most at risk
- Indicator 4.4 [PDF, 101Kb]Planning and management of human settlements incorporate disaster risk reduction elements, including enforcement of building codes
- 2010 Third annual Pacific preparedness conference: capacity building to address vulnerable populations in natural disasters31 Mar 2010, United States of America (Honolulu)
- Mekong River summit02-05 Apr 2010, Thailand (Khon Kaen)
- Climate change and its impacts: Resilience and adaptation to changes in precipitation13-26 Jun 2010, United States of America (Providence)
- Climate change: impacts and roles of humans2009, Plan Intl
- Let's make schools saferSEEDS
- People with disabilities and elderly shelter annex (PWD/E)2008, ca.gov, United States of America - gov
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Climate change vulnerability map of Southeast AsiaJan 2009, EEPSEA; IDRC
- Adaptive capacity map of Southeast Asia in 2005Jan 2009, EEPSEA; IDRC
- Nicaragua: Seismic risk map - Managua2005, DRM
- UN Radio interview: Poverty is behind Haiti's vulnerability to natural disasters2010, UN Radio
- BBC World Debate: ‘Prevent or React’2009, BBC
- ProVention Consortium YouTube channelProVention Consortium
- Field programme directorCambodia (Phnom-Penh), Handicap Intl
- Head of climate changeUnited Kingdom (Brighton), IDS
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