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This hanbook aims at being used as a tool to reduce urban risk in small and medium sized cities by local schools, students, teachers, parents, resident associations and local government members,...

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The longer and more costly work of disaster recovery is seldom accorded the same degree of supporting assistance, even though it may determine the future well-being of a community for years into...

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A safe house must be based on a strong foundation and therefore it must be given primary attention. Problems with foundations not properly designed lead to unequal settlement, cracking of walls...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

The framework has provided as a starting point an initial core set of principles and goals to understand, and thus guide and monitor, disaster risk reduction. As one reads to the right across the...

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The Hyogo Framework for Action calls on the ISDR to "facilitate consultative processes to develop guidelines and policy tools for each priority area, with relevant national, regional and...

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Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning was developed by the International Recovery Platform (IRP) to present a series of steps to initiate and sustain pre disaster recovery planning. IRP acknowledges the...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

The ISDR Secretariat presents these basic definitions on disaster risk reduction to promote a common understanding on this subject and for use by the public, authorities and practitioners. The...

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These guidelines are oriented to the needs of the decision-maker and provide a description of the range of mitigation options that need to be considered when making efforts to reduce losses from...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Africa

These Guidelines are part of ongoing efforts by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Commission of the African Union (AU), the Secretariat of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's...

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Date: Jan 1970
Location: Pakistan

This Guidance and Indicator Tool is designed to provide guidance on how to meet the challenge of being prepared to respond as set out in Priority Five of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). This...