[DIPECHO Network] New documents on www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org

Wed Oct 10 04:19:34 CDT 2007

>Dear Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioners,
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>New documents on 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/>www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org 
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>List of documents (Click on document name to scroll down to description)
>1.  Acting with Common Purpose, Proceedings of the First Session of the 
>Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Geneva, 5-7 June 2007
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>2.  Draft National Plan for Disaster Management 2007-2015
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>3.  Guidelines National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction
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>4.  Building Disaster Resilient Communities: Good Practices and Lessons 
>Learned
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>5.  SWS Fact Sheet: Women and Disaster
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>6.  Study on Livelihood Systems Assessment, Vulnerable Groups Profiling 
>and Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Hazard and Long Term Climate Change 
>in Drought Prone Areas of NW Bangladesh
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>7.  Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in 
>Drought-prone Areas of Bangladesh
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>8.  Training Modules for Climate and Flood Forecast Applications in 
>Agriculture
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>9.  Disasters and the Cycle of Poverty:  Understanding Urban, Rural, and 
>Gender Aspects of Social Vulnerability
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>10.  Gender Inequality in the Comprehensible Disaster Risk ManagemENT. AN 
>Introduction
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>11.  Disaster Risk Reduction: A Development Concern A Scoping Study on 
>Links Between Disaster Risk Reduction, Poverty and Development
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>12.  Effects of Natural Disasters on Children The issue of child drowning 
>in the Mekong delta and the Central Vietnam
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>13.  Gender and Health in Disasters
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>14.  Disaster Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction: Protecting the 
>Poor
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>15.  Grassroots Women’s Collectives – Roles in Post – Disaster Effort: 
>Potential for Sustainable Partnership and Good Governance (Lessons learned 
>from the Marmara Earthquake in Turkey)
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>16.  The Needs of Women in Disasters and Emergencies
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>17.  A Facilitators Guidebook for Community Risk Assessment and Risk 
>Reduction Action Plan
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>18.  The Future of the Australian Disaster Information Network (AusDIN)
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>19.  Some of Women’s Disaster Stories:  What About Yours?
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>20.  Women and Disaster: What’s the connection?
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>List of documents (Click on the title to reach the documents in detail)
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>UN/ISDR (2007) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=85047451caee0409b494e5c40e937b43>Acting 
>with Common Purpose, Proceedings of the First Session of the Global 
>Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Geneva, 5-7 June 2007, United Nation 
>International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), Switzerland
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>This report of the proceedings of the first session of the Global Platform 
>for Disaster Risk Reduction held in Geneva, 5-7 June 2007 captures 
>discussions of the high level dialogue; the outcome of the workshops; and 
>the conclusions of the multi-stakeholder deliberations on progress in 
>implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and identification of 
>priorities for the ISDR system for 2008-2009.
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>MFDM (2007) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=12&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=d781856bbe603f30c1a77cc128afee38>Draft 
>National Plan for Disaster Management 2007-2015, Ministry of Food and 
>Disaster Management, Bangladesh
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>National Plan for Disaster Management 2007-2015 is an outcome of the 
>national and international commitments of the Government of Bangladesh 
>(GoB) and the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM) for 
>addressing the disaster risks comprehensively. The plan has been developed 
>on the basis of the GoB Vision and MoFDM mission to reduce the 
>vulnerability of the poor to the effects of natural, environmental and 
>human induced hazards to a manageable and acceptable humanitarian level by 
>a) bringing a paradigm shift in disaster management from conventional 
>response and relief practice to a more comprehensive risk reduction 
>culture and b) strengthening the capacity of the Bangladesh disaster 
>management system in improving the response and recovery management at all 
>levels.
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>UN/ISDR (2007) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=4f98d891f774b2db5510a94f608c0c83>Guidelines 
>National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nation 
>International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), Switzerland
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>This document provides guidance to establish or strengthen National 
>Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction (National Platforms for DRR). Based 
>on previous guidelines, this revised version has benefited from the inputs 
>of a group of Government officials from countries with National Platforms 
>for DRR and from a few countries that are planning to establish National 
>Platforms for DRR. This group includes China, France, Germany, Iran, 
>Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Senegal, South 
>Africa and Uganda.
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>UN/ISDR (2007) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=e5fa03f44985c402b62a7974b4485ced>Building 
>Disaster Resilient Communities: Good Practices and Lessons Learned, United 
>Nation International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), Switzerland
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>This publication showcases the essential roles played by NGOs in 
>addressing disaster risks at the local community level. It makes the case 
>for increased community-oriented DRR action, and is aimed to stimulate 
>more interest in the subject from donors, policy makers, as well as other 
>stakeholders. Most of the good practices were or are implemented by local 
>NGOs, with support from international NGOs, donors, and regional 
>organizations. All of the cases involve disaster-vulnerable communities, 
>either directly or through community-based structures. The good practices 
>selected also reflect the way disaster risk reduction is “understood” and 
>implemented in different regions, and offer unique perspectives of and 
>approaches to CBDRR.
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>Enarson, E. (2006), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=78358cba3e69905b490ad0c268099b20>SWS 
>Fact Sheet: Women and Disaster, Applied Disaster Emergency Studies 
>Department, Manitoba
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>Disaster sociologists see natural, technological and human-induced 
>disasters as fundamentally social events reflecting human decisions about 
>the organization of social life in the physical environment. Not the 
>physical hazard (e.g. spring flooding) but the socially constructed 
>vulnerability to it (e.g. low-income women living in mobile homes on flood 
>plains) is at the heart of the process of “designing disasters.” 
>Unsustainable development, environmental degradation, urbanization, 
>coastal population growth and climate change are significant root causes 
>of modern disasters as is growing social inequality within and between 
>societies.
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>Ahmed, A. K.; Chowdhury, E. H. (2006), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=5d2def11c3ab04e781d6491cd2f558a6>Study 
>on Livelihood Systems Assessment, Vulnerable Groups Profiling and 
>Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Hazard and Long Term Climate Change in 
>Drought Prone Areas of NW Bangladesh,, Center for Environmental and 
>Geo-graphic Information Services (CEGIS) and Food and Agriculture 
>Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
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>The present study is composed of a livelihood systems assessment, 
>vulnerable groups profiling and the studying of livelihood adaptation 
>practices and technologies to climate hazard and long-term climate change 
>in drought prone areas of NW Bangladesh. The study has been carried out in 
>four selected upazilas of two districts – Nawabganj and Naogaon – of the 
>northern Bangladesh.
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>Selvaraju, et.al. (2006) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=5b51b90ce6f9da1fca4b20de0f3be755>Livelihood 
>Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in Drought-prone Areas of 
>Bangladesh, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Food and 
>Agriculture Organization of The United Nations
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>This report is based on detailed interaction with all project partners and 
>stakeholders at all levels and an extensive literature review. It is meant 
>to serve as a basis for understanding drought impacts and to demonstrate 
>viable adaptation options in the drought-prone areas of Northwest Bangladesh.
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>ADPC (2005) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=dbe2d21dc53d59114cfc76ce0816f6a0>Training 
>Modules for Climate and Flood Forecast Applications in Agriculture, Asian 
>Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Thailand
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>These training modules on climate and flood forecast applications in 
>agriculture were developed for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 
>of the United Nations to build the capacity of the Department of 
>Agriculture Extension (DAE) of the Government of Bangladesh to interpret 
>probabilistic climate and flood forecast information, translate these into 
>location-specific impact outlooks, prepare locally relevant response 
>options, and communicate these to vulnerable farming communities to reduce 
>disaster risks in agriculture.
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>Lynn, K. (2005) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=1a7fe84d91b010ed85b9a8a99ae1ddb1>Disasters 
>and the Cycle of Poverty: Understanding Urban, Rural, and Gender Aspects 
>of Social Vulnerability, University of Oregon’s Institute for a 
>Sustainable Environment
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>This paper examines the impacts natural disasters have on poor communities 
>all over the world, and the ways in which poverty and social vulnerability 
>exacerbate disaster risk. In which ways are poor and underserved 
>communities more at risk to natural disasters than high capacity 
>communities and wealthier nations? What factors need to be considered in 
>order to target appropriate assistance to socially vulnerable communities 
>at risk from natural disasters?
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>García, C. C. (2005) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=5c25d3469b91388f43666054037439fa>Gender 
>Inequality in the Comprehensible Disaster Risk Management. An 
>Introduction, Gender and Disaster Network
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>This article emphasizes the importance of one of the perspectives less 
>considered in most of the studies and policies about risks and disasters, 
>that is, the differentiated experiences lived by men and women during the 
>occurrence of a disaster, as a result of their gender. The paper also 
>discusses another kind of differences, such as social, economical, 
>generational, racial, ethnic condition, or linguistic performance, which 
>became inequalities and inequities during the occurrence of disasters and, 
>in general, during each phase of the comprehensible disaster risk 
>management as part of development policies, where prevention / mitigation 
>work and emergency relief, as well as post-disaster rehabilitation and 
>rebuilding are included.
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>White, P. (2004) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=8e5ba00b127388cac5fc76a5a435990e>Disaster 
>Risk Reduction: A Development Concern A Scoping Study on Links Between 
>Disaster Risk Reduction, Poverty and Development, Overseas Development 
>Group, UK
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>This Scoping Study is part of DFID’s strategic effort to assess the 
>significance of disaster risk in its development work. It aims to explore 
>evidence on linkages between poverty alleviation, development and disaster 
>risk reduction, and to establish why disaster risk reduction is often not 
>part of development policy and planning. It is aimed primarily at 
>development professionals within DFID and other bilateral donor agencies, 
>and is intended to contribute to the development of a disaster reduction 
>strategy for DFID in the near future.
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>Save the Children (2003), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=1d07091d5c1c99d31d99937144cfdc1c>Effects 
>of Natural Disasters on Children The issue of child drowning in the Mekong 
>delta and the Central 
>Vietnam<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=1d07091d5c1c99d31d99937144cfdc1c>, 
>Save the Children and DIPECHO
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>This research aims to provide some information to clarify the situation 
>relating to child drowning.  Specifically: a) Why did children drown? 
>b)  In what circumstances did children drown? c)  How to prevent children 
>drowning?
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>WHO (2002), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=540d9fec3eb0b505c7350975903cd06e>Gender 
>and Health in Disasters, World Health Organization, Switzerland
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>There is a general lack of research on sex and gender differences in 
>vulnerability to and impact of disasters. The limited information 
>available from small scale studies suggests that there is a pattern of 
>gender differentiation at all levels of the disaster process: exposure to 
>risk, risk perception, preparedness, response, physical impact, 
>psychological impact, recovery and reconstruction.
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>Yodmani, S. (2001), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=10&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=1576722a2e9938ba5b760c0dc134553b>Disaster 
>Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction: Protecting the Poor, Asian 
>Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Thailand
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>At a time when disasters take an increasing toll of human lives and 
>material assets, both globally and in the Asian region, it is timely and 
>relevant that this Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty recognizes the link 
>that disaster management has to its central theme of poverty reduction. In 
>my paper I will highlight that proactive disaster management, focusing on 
>reduction of disaster risks, can have a significant contribution to the 
>goals of protecting vulnerable communities, their lives, assets and 
>livelihoods.
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>Akcar, S. (2001) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?id=6&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=0894438ba01480a381555e31cb19bbe2>Grassroots 
>Women’s Collectives – Roles in Post – Disaster Effort: Potential for 
>Sustainable Partnership and Good Governance (Lessons Learned from the 
>Marmara Earthquake in Turkey), presented to the UN –DAW, International 
>Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Expert Meeting on “Environmental 
>Management and the Mitigation of Natural Disasters : A gender Perspective 
>Ankara, Turkey (6-9 November, 2001)
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>All disaster related areas are very concrete issue of local governance, 
>during this dramatic process, a totally new “main actor” came in to the 
>scene right at the first phase (rescue efforts); the women and their 
>communities. And it is proven that even in the rescue and relief efforts, 
>the key issue is community empowerment and community participation.; In 
>our case, only 400 people out of 10.000 were rescued from under the debris 
>by the professional rescue teams (international, national, NGO), while the 
>rest was done by the people themselves. I think only this figure proves 
>that investment should be gone to communities in pre and post disaster 
>response efforts.
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>Wiest, R. E.; Mocellin, J. S.P.; Motsisi, D. T. (1994) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=2d7ad329032a92a0d41fa57b91f06f69>The 
>Needs of Women in Disasters and Emergencies, University of Manitoba
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>The principal objective of this report is to provide a general overview of 
>the problems experienced by women in disasters and emergencies. Other 
>objectives are to address the gender bias in disaster related research, 
>the critical analysis of established roles of women, the attention needed 
>by operational agencies to the special needs of women together with 
>dependent children, and the integration of the report findings with 
>disaster-related research in general.
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>CDMP 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=9&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=0e6dec6d2c9a8fb693a1f36e685fb25a>A 
>Facilitators Guidebook for Community Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction 
>Action Plan. Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme(CDMP), Bangladesh
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>CRA (Community Risk Assessment) is a participatory process for assessing 
>hazards, vulnerabilities, risks, ability to cope, preparing coping 
>strategies and finally preparing a risk reduction options implementation 
>plan by the local community. The method recognizes that the vulnerability, 
>loss, reduction or mitigation strategy and coping mechanism vary from 
>community to community and group to group (women, person with disability, 
>landless, farmers fisher folks, etc) of a same community. So it ensures 
>representation of professional, community and other groups and that their 
>points of views are reflected.  The guide attempts to highlight the 
>practical aspects of conducting CRA at the field level.
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>Bradley, M. 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=10&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=51ead5803304afaf59e0ea4dca02624c>The 
>Future of the Australian Disaster Information Network (AusDIN), Emergency 
>Management Australia, Australia
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>The importance of knowledge and information in emergency management has 
>been widely acknowledged at all levels within the sector. Recent events 
>such as the Foot & Mouth outbreak in the U.K., the terrorist attacks in 
>New York and Bali and the recent devastating bushfires in Australia have 
>all served to highlight this in varying ways. AusDIN provides a mechanism 
>through which knowledge and information sharing can be facilitated. AusDIN 
>also presents the gateway through which these advancements can be 
>integrated in to the emergency management environment in a coordinated and 
>collaborative way.
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><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=ea33a0072c99c93374e48d8c15527de7>Some 
>of Women’s Disaster Stories: What About Yours? Gender and Disaster Network
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>Women have a lot to lose:
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>When the tide came, it covered the sky and my children slipped away from 
>me in the strong current. A man is a man, but what am I without my children?
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>It’s mainly us women who suffer the most when the river is full. We get 
>wet, even when we are ill, we must cross the river because we don’t have a 
>bridge. We also run the risk of drowning.
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><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=7cd681b8136fb47f4ffd18eeb794dd16>Women 
>and Disaster: What’s the connection? Gender and Disaster Network
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>Do disasters affect women and men equally? How does being a woman matter 
>in a disaster? Everyone is exposed to danger in life—but not everyone is 
>equally exposed to the effects of hazardous conditions in their daily 
>lives. Some people are very hard-hit in disasters and others pick up the 
>pieces and go on. Why is this?
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