A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.
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Disaster response and contingency planning is a responsibility at all levels of the organization. The International Federation recommends that National Societies and International Federation offices develop either a multi-hazard disaster response plan
This study documents the use of flood-hazard mapping as a way of helping communities to devise plans that would help them develop warning and response systems.
El caso peruano: el presente manual, constituye una herramienta práctica para los profesionales que realizarán la Estimación del Riesgo y una guía que orientará en la elaboración de los respectivos Informes; con la finalidad de contribuir a
The overall goal of ProVention is to reduce the risk and social, economic and environmental impacts of natural hazards on vulnerable populations in developing countries in order to alleviate poverty and contribute to sustainable development, in line with
Climate change is already taking place, and further changes are inevitable. Developing countries, and particularly the poorest people in these countries, are most at risk. Increased climate variability and extreme changes are already having major impacts
This Working Paper presents a cross-directorate report on the economic, budgetary, regulatory and urban policy implications of the earthquakes which struck the Marmara and Bolu areas of Turkey on 17 August and 12 November 1999. The earthquakes caused high casualties and significant material damage to property, with severe effects on economic activity. The Report traces the factors underlying Turkey’s vulnerability to earthquake damage, along a known active fault line, to deficiencies in risk identification procedures and risk-reduction methods, as well as to the absence of risk transfer and financing techniques. It suggests that these deficiencies may stem from the nature of recent Turkish economic development, which has been driven by the need to assimilate a mass migration from the countryside to the cities and has been associated with extremely high and variable inflation.
Two volcanoes, Kanlaon and Mayon showed signs of unrest in 2003 prompting PHIVOLCS to raise their Alert Level status. Both volcanoes produced ash explosions although no damage was inflicted on the surrounding settlements. A major earthquake with magnitude
Even though children are generally the most vulnerable population in most disaster situations, they are not usually considered separately when evaluating disaster risks. Usually, it is the adults who speak and act on their behalf. The purpose of this
