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| Women’s Perspectives of Peace and Security (2012)
This publication offers a glimpse into the collective experience of women peace builders. These perspective pieces are shared by the women from the first batch of N-Peace trainers. Each of them has impressive profiles and personal experiences of heroism, coupled with professional expertise of being champions for peace and equality in their countries.
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| Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction - A Primer (2011)
Capacity development is UNDP’s overarching contribution to development programming to facilitate achievement of the MDGs and support sustainable human development. Disaster risk reduction is an equally urgent area of focus for UNDP, given that the development context remains marred by disasters that pose a threat to development gains.
This Primer on Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction has been developed in support of these important overarching frameworks and commitments. It is a result of collective endeavours and contributions by experts and specialists in the fields of both disaster risk reduction and capacity development in the region. It is a product of a thorough and participatory process of consolidating inputs, ideas and contributions from countries that are implementing disaster risk reduction efforts. It has been shaped by real experiences and case studies on the ground that illustrate the importance of a systematic approach to strengthening capacities for disaster risk reduction and the current trends in doing so. The substance and design of this primer come from a structured process of optimizing engagement from practitioners and drawing on existing knowledge and experiences in the region.
The primer remains a work in progress. The authors invite inquiries and feedback on the document. This is in recognition that capacity development for disaster risk reduction is continuously evolving over time. To ensure that this primer remains relevant to the changing environment where it is applied and used, the document will continue to be updated and revised.
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| Risk Assessment and Management for Tsunami Hazard: Case Study of the Port City of Galle (2011)
The case study presents a summary of investigative studies conducted for risk assessment of the city of Galle in Sri Lanka and focuses on development of simplified approach to risk assessment, planning of mitigation measures and their implementation. Both detailed and simplified approaches have been adopted for risk assessment and the outputs have been compared examining the differences. Given that coastline of Sri Lanka is prone to low frequency and high impact tsunami hazard, appropriate coast protection measures have been proposed.
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| Urban Youth in the Pacific - Increasing Resilience and Reducing Risk for Involvement in Crime and Violence (2011)
The report “Urban Youth in the Pacific – Increasing Resilience and Reducing Risk for Involvement in Crime and Violence was produced in response to a concern raised by the Forum Regional Security Committee (FSRC) about the involvement of a small but increasing number of urban youth in crime and violence and acknowledgment that the region can work towards building the resilience of young people.
The report aims to provide policy and programming options for Pacific governments and other stakeholders, including the United Nations, to prevent young people becoming involved in crime and violence, and to fulfill their potential as productive citizens.
The report covers issues like what factors push Pacific youth to become involved in crime and violence and what can be done to reduce the risk and increase the resilience of young people. The report highlights good policies and activities that address youth crime and violence. It contains case studies from six Pacific Island countries – the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Tonga.
The reported has been divided in eight chapters:
Chapter 1: Introduction and Methodology
Chapter 2: Pacific Overview and Recommendations
Chapter 3: Federated States of Micronesia
Chapter 4: Marshall Islands
Chapter 5: PNG
Chapter 6: Solomon Islands
Chapter 7: Samoa
Chapter 8: Tonga
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| 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction – Risk and poverty in a changing climate (2010)
This first edition of the United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction is not only a comprehensive review and analysis of the natural hazards menacing humanity. It also provides new and arresting evidence on how, where and why disaster risk is increasing globally.
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| Assessing the Relationship between Natural Hazards and Poverty – A Conceptual and Methodological Proposal (2010)
ISDR system’s first biennial Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk
Reduction (GAR) (ISDR, 2009) has three main objectives: to establish itself as a credible and widely accepted reference point for information on global hazard patterns and trends; to strengthen the ISDR system’s capacity for planning
and joint programming at all levels; and each issue of the GAR will increase understanding and awareness of the mutually supportive relationship between
development and hazard risk reduction.
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| Assessing the Relationship between Natural Hazards and Poverty: Asia Country and State Case Study Report (2010)
This document draws upon the experience of poverty reduction and DRR in five case study areas from Asia – Islamic Republic of Iran, Nepal, Orissa and Tamil Nadu States of India, and Sri Lanka – to explore the relationship between intensive and extensive risk and poverty, to provide inputs into national processes and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction’s first biennial Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) of 2009.
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| Guidelines and Lessons for Establishing and Institutionalizing Disaster Loss Databases (2009)
This report documents the experiences of the UNDP Regional Programme on Capacity Building for Sustainable Recovery and Risk Reduction (RP) in implementing disaster loss databases using the DesInventar methodology. The DesInventar is based on a relational database structure and a disciplined expert assisted structure for data collection and classification that permits the homogeneous capture, analysis and graphic representation of information on disaster occurrences and losses. The RP has been established in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and is managed by the UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok’s Crisis Prevention and Recovery Team.
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| Indonesia: Institutional and Legislative Systems for Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)
The development of Early Warning Systems (EWS) has received an exceptional amount of attention and resources in the aftermath of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. A lot of emphasis has been placed upon technical and instrumental arrangements, while policy, legal and institutional changes that provide the basis for risk reduction are still to be improved, enacted and translated into practice. This report summarizes the results of a study that captures: the status of Indonesia’s institutional, policy and legal framework for EWS and disaster risk reduction (DRR); the main gaps remaining to establish a comprehensive EWS within a holistic DRR policy; and recommendations for stakeholders on the immediate strengthening of EWS through the policy, legal or institutional framework.
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| Thailand: Institutional and Legislative Systems for Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)
The development of Early Warning Systems (EWS) has received an exceptional amount of attention and resources in the aftermath of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. A lot of emphasis has been placed upon technical and instrumental arrangements, while policy, legal and institutional changes that provide the basis for risk reduction are still to be improved, enacted and translated into practice. This report summarizes the results of a study that captures: the status of Thailand’s institutional, policy and legal framework for EWS and disaster risk reduction (DRR); the main gaps remaining to establish a comprehensive EWS within a holistic DRR policy; and recommendations for stakeholders on the immediate strengthening of EWS through the policy, legal or institutional framework.
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| Indonesia Summary: Institutional and Legislative Systems for Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)
This report provides executive summary on the results of a study that captures: the status of Indonesia’s institutional, policy and legal framework for Early Warning Systems (EWS) and disaster risk reduction (DRR); the main gaps remaining to establish a comprehensive EWS within a holistic DRR policy; and recommendations for stakeholders on the immediate strengthening of EWS through the policy, legal or institutional framework.
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| Sri Lanka Summary: Institutional and Legislative Systems for Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)
This report provides executive summary on the results of a study that captures: the status of Sri Lanka’s institutional, policy and legal framework for Early Warning Systems (EWS) and disaster risk reduction (DRR); the main gaps remaining to establish a comprehensive EWS within a holistic DRR policy; and recommendations for stakeholders on the immediate strengthening of EWS through the policy, legal or institutional framework.
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| Thailand Summary: Institutional and Legislative Systems for Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)
This report provides executive summary on the results of a study that captures: the status of Thailand’s institutional, policy and legal framework for Early Warning Systems (EWS) and disaster risk reduction (DRR); the main gaps remaining to establish a comprehensive EWS within a holistic DRR policy; and recommendations for stakeholders on the immediate strengthening of EWS through the policy, legal or institutional framework.
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| The Tsunami Legacy: Innovation Breakthroughs and Change – Executive Summary (2009)
The report provides executive summary on the offers the global community an overview and some broad insights into how a huge cast of governments, organisations and people responded to one of the world’s great natural disasters. In so doing, it identifies some of the main elements involved: challenges, successes and lessons.
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| The Tsunami Legacy: Innovation Breakthroughs and Change (2009)
The report offers the global community an overview and some broad insights into how a huge cast of governments, organisations and people responded to one of the world’s great natural disasters. In so doing, it identifies some of the main elements involved: challenges, successes and lessons.
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| Sri Lanka: Institutional and Legislative Systems for Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)
The development of Early Warning Systems (EWS) has received an exceptional amount of attention and resources in the aftermath of the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. A lot of emphasis has been placed upon technical and instrumental arrangements, while policy, legal and institutional changes that provide the basis for risk reduction are still to be improved, enacted and translated into practice. This report summarizes the results of a study that captures: the status of Sri Lanka’s institutional, policy and legal framework for EWS and disaster risk reduction (DRR); the main gaps remaining to establish a comprehensive EWS within a holistic DRR policy; and recommendations for stakeholders on the immediate strengthening of EWS through the policy, legal or institutional framework.
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| Tsunami Risk Assessment and Mitigation for the Indian Ocean: Knowing Your Tsunami Risk – and What to Do About It (2009)
These guidelines aim to facilitate the assessment and mitigation of the risks from tsunamis to coastal communities, their infrastructure and other supporting systems, as a necessary complement to the various detection and warning systems under development for Indian Ocean countries within the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS). The Guidelines describe procedures for assessing and improving awareness of the tsunami hazard and for assessing coastal communities’ vulnerabilities and deficiencies in preparedness. They provide recommendations for good practice in the management of the risks by enhancing their preparedness for emergency response and by strategic mitigation.
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