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A dos años del 19s, ante el cambio de administración en la ciudad y los cambios en la política pública frente a la reconstrucción (aún pendiente), presentamos la actualización del Manual para para la reconstrucción con dignidad.

“Prepararnos ante el

CIUDADanía19s
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This study investigates land-use decision-making practices in Christchurch, New Zealand and the surrounding region in response to the mass movement (e.g., rockfall, cliff collapses) and ground surface fault rupture hazards incurred during the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence (CES). Rockfall fatality risk models combining hazard, exposure and vulnerability data were co-produced by earth scientists and decision-makers and formed primary evidence for risk-based land-use decision-making with adaptive capacity.

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, the
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This document should be read in the context of the Secretary General’s report on the Socio-Economic Impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Group’s framework for the immediate socio-economic response

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
South Carolina County Predisaster Recovery Planning Guide
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DRF Guidance

This planning guide is designed to help South Carolina counties prepare for recovery by developing pre-disaster recovery plans that engage community stakeholders and outline an organizational framework for comprehensive local recovery efforts.

South Carolina Emergency Management Division
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This paper provides a set of policy directions to be considered during the transition towards, as well as throughout, this transition phase.

Progress in Disaster Science (Elsevier)
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is both a health pandemic that is killing thousands and a socio-economic crisis that is threatening the welfare of millions. Although the pandemic affects people across all walks of life, certain groups are more

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
HelpAge International
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This policy brief presents key insights from PLACARD for bridging CCA and DRR. We highlight three areas for action to improve cooperation, and provide recommendations for the European Green Deal. While these perspectives have originated in a European setting, they provide valuable insights across regional and national contexts to support efforts to build more resilient future societies as we adapt to extremes in a warming world.

Stockholm Environment Institute
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Rather than recommend a single dominant option for pandemic response in Australia, the authors present and explain two options for the nation’s consideration – elimination or controlled adaptation. Any choice between these two options entails a delicate trade-off between protecting health, supporting the economy and societal well-being. This report also focusses on the impact of the virus and short term recovery.

The Group of Eight