World Disasters Report 1997

Author : International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 0198292902

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World Disasters Report 1997 by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Pdf

Backed by the resources of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world's most experienced and extensive humanitarian network, the World Disasters Report 1997 promotes best practice, analyzes recent crisis response efforts from China to Iraq, Somalia, and the Caribbean, and offers a comprehensive disasters database. It provides practical information for those working in the field or on disaster response policy, and makes a major contribution to a more professional response to disasters worldwide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : IND:30000107481099

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World Disasters Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789210054478

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Human Cost of Disasters by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Pdf

The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent events. The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires and extreme temperature events. There has also been a rise in geo-physical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report.

Author : Hans Günter Brauch,Peter H. Liotta,Antonio Marquina,Paul F. Rogers,Mohammad El-Sayed Selim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1134 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642558542

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Security and Environment in the Mediterranean by Hans Günter Brauch,Peter H. Liotta,Antonio Marquina,Paul F. Rogers,Mohammad El-Sayed Selim Pdf

In this volume security specialists, peace researchers, environmental scholars, demographers as well as climate, desertification, water, food and urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention in the Mediterranean. They also analyse NATO’s Mediterranean security dialogue and offer conceptualisations on security and perceptions of security challenges as seen in North and South. The latter half of the book analyses environmental security and conflicts in the Mediterranean and environmental consequences of World War II, the Gulf War, the Balkan wars and the Middle East conflict. It also examines factors of global environmental change: population growth, climate change, desertification, water scarcity, food and urbanisation issues as well as natural disasters. Furthermore, it draws conceptual conclusions for a fourth phase of research on human and environmental security and peace as well as policy conclusions for cooperation and partnership in the Mediterranean in the 21st century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Red Cross Red Crescent
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 9789291391349

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World Disasters Report 2008 - Focus on HIV and AIDS by Anonim Pdf

Author : United Nations Development Programme
Publisher : Human Development Report
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780195124590

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Human Development Report 1998 by United Nations Development Programme Pdf

Author : C. Emdad Haque
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402045141

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Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Disasters by C. Emdad Haque Pdf

Practitioners in natural hazards reduction and policy makers in climatic change and natural hazards management

Author : Ben Wisner,John Adams
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241545419

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Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters by Ben Wisner,John Adams Pdf

Aimed at practitioners, policymakers and researchers, this volume distills knowledge of environmental health during an emergency or disaster. It draws on results from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction and experience with sustainable development between the two Earth Summits.

Author : Aristide R. Zolberg,Peter M. Benda
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800734135

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Global Migrants, Global Refugees by Aristide R. Zolberg,Peter M. Benda Pdf

In recent years, several influential commentators have stated or strongly implied that the advanced industrial democracies are today being overwhelmed by a host of problems - including rapid population growth, the breakup of multi-ethnic states, environmental degredation, and increasing economic differentials between the "developing" and "developed" worlds - for which no effective solutions are at hand. The migration-inducing potential of these post-Cold War developments has been a particular source of concern. This volume provides a counter-catastrophic view of developments and a more sober and balanced assessment of the challenges the United States and other industrial democracies face in the sphere of international migration than that offered in recent years. The first part is devoted to a diagnosis of the problem, revalution of the notion of a "migration crisis" by examining the likely consequences of population growth, environmental degredation, and political conflict in the developing and post-communist worlds. Special attention is also given to the manifestations of these forces in the western hemisphere where they may have direct consequences for immigration to the United States. In the second part the implications for U.S. policy are considered, ranging from promotion of democracy and development of strategies for minimizing international migrations and refugee flows to the intricacies of humanitarian relief and intervention when preventive measures prove ineffective.

Author : Katrina West
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351815307

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Agents of Altruism: The Expansion of Humanitarian NGOs in Rwanda and Afghanistan by Katrina West Pdf

This title was first published in 27/11/2001: Humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) grew significantly in the last decades of the 20th century. The international NGO community today is a rich world of professional bodies, local organizations, mammoth multinationals, charities, advocacy groups, business-like organizations, ad hoc agencies and voluntary associations. Humanitarian NGOs are powerful actors in conflict regions and influential campaigners at the international level. What are the reasons behind their growth? In answering that question, this book focuses on how and when NGOs became influential in humanitarian crises. Four case studies in Rwanda and Afghanistan are examined. The earliest is the crisis in Rwanda in the 1960s, when only a few NGOs operated in Rwanda with limited budgets and experience. The second case study is the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979-89, by which time NGOs had developed considerably: by then they were operating on a global scale, receiving more funds, having closer ties with the media, executing bigger projects and had also become more professional. The second Afghan case study focuses on the mujahidin and Taliban rule, while the second Rwandan study centres on the 1994 genocide. These two studies reveal that enormous changes have taken place in the humanitarian NGO community since the 1980s. In this way, this book characterizes the changes that have taken place and then offers explanations for the nature and speed of the growth and change.

Author : Bert Metz,Ogunlade Davidson,Rob Swart,Jiahua Pan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521807697

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Climate Change 2001: Mitigation by Bert Metz,Ogunlade Davidson,Rob Swart,Jiahua Pan Pdf

Some issues addressed in this Working Group III volume are mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, managing biological carbon reservoirs, geo-engineering, costing methods, and decision-making frameworks.

Author : United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210041805

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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019 by United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Pdf

The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. The GAR is published biennially by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research, amongst others. The GAR contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through monitoring risk patterns and trends, as well as progress in disaster risk reduction, while providing strategic policy guidance to countries and the international community. The GAR aims to focus international attention on the issue of risk and encourage political and economic support for risk reduction.

Author : PARDEEP SAHNI,MADHAVI MALALGODA ARIYABANDU
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788120322004

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DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN SOUTH ASIA by PARDEEP SAHNI,MADHAVI MALALGODA ARIYABANDU Pdf

South Asia represents a region highly prone to natural disasters. Disasters not only disrupt the normal life of the affected communities and the countries but also impede developmental efforts. By and large, the approach of the major stakeholders has been 'reactive' rather than 'proactive'. There is indeed, a dire need for concerted and well-planned efforts to achieve risk reduction through risk identification, and sharing and transfer of information. This edited volume explores how the risk of disasters can be reduced by structural and non-structural measures with detailed, comprehensive and participatory strategies. Twenty-seven contributors, both academicians and practitioners, investigate the challenges that the region faces and how changes can be effected at the community, society, government and non-government levels to foster a culture of preparedness. The overall focus is on risk reduction through prevention, preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. Some case studies from different settings dealing with various disasters have also been included. Since disaster risk reduction is an area of great concern and there is absolute dearth of literature addressing this issue with regard to South Asia, this volume will be of immense utility and interest to government departments, NGOs, insurance companies, universities, training institutions, professional associates, media, general public, and students pursuing courses in disaster management.

Author : Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134528615

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At Risk by Piers Blaikie,Terry Cannon,Ian Davis,Ben Wisner Pdf

The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Red Cross Red Crescent
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 9789291391424

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World Disasters Report by Anonim Pdf