This knowledge note focuses on various aspects of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and environmental management, including studies on: (i) developing record of school experiences from the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (EJET); (ii) building school-based disaster resilient community, which includes a review of past DRR activities; (iii) interlinking DRR education with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD); (iv) strengthening community network in temporary housing facilities; and (v) the role of social capital in post-disaster recovery. It is part of a series, which is expected to continue with periodical publication for the next 3 to 5 years with close insights on community recovery in the Tohoku Region, Japan.
This report relates the experiences of those who survived the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami using information gathered at a workshop which included field visits and interviews with local representatives.
El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir cómo se formularon las estrategias y los proyectos de recuperación después de las inundaciones que afectaron a buena parte del país, durante el primer semestre del año 2008. También se examinan las
El objetivo principal del Plan es proporcionar al Municipio de Babahoyo y a las entidades cantonales una guía ágil para la actuación del COE en caso de presentarse una emergencia asociada a inundaciones, de manera tal que se supere en el menor tiempo posible la situación de crisis y se garantice la pronta transición al proceso de recuperación temprana y de planificación de la recuperación de mediano y largo plazo del territorio.
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.
This document describes the recovery strategies and projects implemented in the wake of two natural hazards in Ecuador: the prolonged eruption of the Tungurahua volcano; and the intense rainy season of the first half of 2008.
This guide addresses the absence of a risk reduction focus both in humanitarian aid and in the reconstruction processes and the related increase of the physical, social, economic, and environmental vulnerability of the population to new events.
This final report provides the direction of Japan’s disaster management for the future based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake to fulfill the promises in the future.
This special issue was prepared entirely to present the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) campaign on making cities resilient.
