This case study explores how Japan developed guidelines for local governments to plan and implement assessment and retrofitting projects, and established a national subsidy programme for school assessments and retrofits.
World Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector
This document details Uzbekistan's efforts to retrofit or rebuild over 8,500 seismically unsafe school buildings. The initiative aimed to enhance earthquake resilience in schools with assessments, structural interventions, and interagency cooperation.
Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector
The core objective of the project to engage diverse stakeholder groups to share knowledge, address information needs and drive action to advance flood resiliency in Canada in the face of changing climate and extreme weather.
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The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2016 provides an update on the status of disaster management measures in Japan, with a particular focus on those implemented in FY2015
The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2017 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan, including recent progress on disaster measures and policy initiatives with a particular focus on those implemented in FY2016.
In this article, the inverse care law is outlined, its application to medical treatment following disasters considered and an explanation of the inverse response law provided.
This paper discusses the opportunity to build government capacity to make use of various new financing instruments, such as reserve funds, contingent lines of credit, and insurance programs, for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. By preparing
World Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)