By Faranak Bakhtiari
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction.
[…]
Iran also marks the National Disaster Reduction Day on October 13, identifying weaknesses to avoid the potential dangers of these events.
[…]
In Iran, the occurrences of natural disasters have increased sharply, causing damage and loss to infrastructures and economy, while claiming the lives of many people.
[…]
To overcome it, responsible bodies should be better equipped to understand their disaster risk landscape, also better positioned to enhance their early warning system, plans and laws should be prepared, and the communities should be better alert in advance of a potential disaster, to reduce future losses.