Singapore

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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This seismic risk profile of Singapore, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM)
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While ASEAN’s purposes and goals touch on various sectors, such as economics, culture, and industry, its member-states have also declared that, as a regional grouping, they will promote regional peace, stability, mutual assistance, and collaboration

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)
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This paper asks to what extent learning has occurred with regard to COVID-19. That is, of past experience with pandemics, whether countries learned from the pandemic experience of others, or from their own experience with other types of emergencies.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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The Beijing Declaration is the outcome of the Belt and Road Ministerial Forum for International Cooperation in Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Management. 

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
ASEAN State of Climate Change Report
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The ASEAN State of Climate Change Report (ASCCR) provides an overall outlook of the state of play of climate change issues in the ASEAN region.

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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This guide serves as an initial source of information for those individuals preparing for disaster risk reduction activities or immediate deployment with Singapore partner responders in crisis.

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)
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This publication collects the efforts made by universities in the response and preparedness toward the COCVID-19 pandemic as well as other hazards such as earthquakes, fires, and anthropogenic hazards. This compilation includes 26 case studies from 13

Tohoku University 東北大学
Keio University
International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University 東北大学 災害科学国際研究所
Association of Pacific Rim Universities
Tsinghua University
Documents and publications

This paper examines how the lessons of previous epidemics helped successful countries fight COVID-19. Covid-19 caught the West by surprise, but the legacy of Ebola, MERS, and SARS meant that several Asian and African nations had systems in place to

British Medical Journal Group

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