El presente análisis tiene por objetivo evaluar el impacto de las inundaciones en el estado de Tabasco entre los años 2007 y 2010 y de las inversiones en RRD en el bienestar socioeconómico de la población de Tabasco.
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Raising awareness on the tsunami threat
Because tsunamis are the deadliest type of major natural disaster in terms of the proportion of victims killed, World Tsunami Awareness Day is being inaugurated on November 5, 2016.
Central African Republic: Access to safe water a major challenge for vulnerable populations
With ongoing heavy rains in most parts of the country, access to safe water remains a concern, including for internally displaced people living in camps, bushes and with host families.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights humanitarian crises in Iraq, Yemen and Ukraine
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
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Challenges faced by urban informal settlers in post-disaster situations
Informal settlers are more exposed and vulnerable to displacement and are more likely to be relocated and excluded from the provision of durable housing assistance, finds IDMC report.
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Disaster Recovery Toolkit launched by Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project
The Toolkit is targeted at practitioners responsible for implementing recovery programmes, designed as a ‘how to’ guide on managing complex post-disaster recovery programmes.
Incidences of hydro-meteorological disasters increase significantly ahead of peak in Indonesia's wet season
Between October and December 2014, landslides occurrences increased by 224 per cent, flooding by 21 per cent and whirlwinds by 31 per cent compared to the same period in 2013.
Aceh's recovery still an "unfinished journey"
Even after receiving more than US$7.7 billion in aid, Aceh remains one of the poorest provinces in Indonesia, with 18 percent of the population living below the country’s poverty line, against the national average of 11 percent.
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Learning from the tsunami: the art of receiving aid
Like most of their peers around the world, countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami had few pre-established rules for managing incoming humanitarian assistance.
Aceh redux: The tsunami that helped stop a war
The disaster halted the violence, giving space for humanitarian response and unprecedented cooperation between Jakarta and the rebels.
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Can natural disasters precipitate peace?
This brief considers the prospects for natural disasters to provide windows of opportunity for achieving peace via negotiated settlements, drawing on case studies of Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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Indian Ocean-wide tsunami exercise to test readiness
Ten years after the strongest tsunami in living memory, 24 countries participate in an exercise to assess the effectiveness of communication flows between stakeholders, country readiness and the efficiency of emergency procedures.
In tsunami-hit areas, investment in children yields long-term results
Since 2004, malaria has been eliminated in Sabang, and government investment in disaster risk reduction included the construction of hundreds of earthquake-resistant schools.
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Guidelines for gender-inclusive disaster risk management in Asia and Pacific region
Women are essential players for effective risk assessment, early warning, and strengthening of disaster resilience. This tip sheet offers guidelines for gender mainstreaming in disaster risk and recovery efforts.
Addressing climate change in south Asia, with more focus on children
In building climate change related strategies and agendas, policy makers need to pay attention to the inclusivity of children, and how the changes will impact the lives of children.
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After disasters strike, can homes, communities, and institutions be ‘built back better’?
A new study examines the concept of ‘building back better’ by looking at the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in Haiti.
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WHO publishes new comprehensive analysis of 2004 tsunami
This book serves as a reference textbook for the event itself as it happened in each country of study and provides a method for documenting emergencies in the larger discipline of emergency risk management in health.
Rebuilding fishing livelihoods destroyed by tsunami
More than 20 new fishing harbours and anchorages are being constructed under a programme to rehabilitate coastal areas destroyed by the 2004 tsunami, helping 100,000 people.
More than 17,000 families to benefit from construction of hazard-resilient houses
The World Bank approved a $236 million credit to reduce disaster risks for coastal villages in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
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Economic losses from disasters set new record in 2012
The world has experienced three consecutive years where annual economic losses have exceeded $100 billion due to an enormous increase in exposure of industrial assets to extreme disaster events.