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DRI Updates Commitment to Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

DRI Drive

. “The Sendai Framework created a shift from managing disasters to managing risks. For this purpose, it underlines the need to build the knowledge of government […]. The post DRI Updates Commitment to Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction appeared first on DRI Drive.

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The first anniversary of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 

Crisis Response Journal

Today (March 18, 2016) the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) is celebrating its first birthday. The Sendai Framework was the first 2030 development agreement adopted by governments at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduc

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A Five-Minute Plea for Better Civil Protection

Emergency Planning

Governments have not woken up to the fact that it is now a significantly more intense phenomenon than it was in previous decades. Governments tend to plan for past disasters, not future ones. By and large, governments do not want to know about disaster risk reduction. They will continue to do so.

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

Recovery Diva

is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global). is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global). Reviewer: Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc. Reviewer: Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

National elections in the United Kingdom are likely to bring a change in the political complexion of the government. Within the limits of what can be achieved, governments have a duty to keep their citizens safe. Disaster risk reduction: a Japanese women's perspective on 3/11. 1] Domoto, A., Ohara and H.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Given the depth and breadth of knowledge represented in this book, the conclusions should be and are important, worth shouting from the rooftops, for the author knows of what he writes, as he sums up in his closing chapter: “Risk reduction should be proclaimed as a principal development goal.

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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

s Emergency Management Legislation Has Arrived Marking a historic moment of modernization for emergency and disaster management governance in B.C. A deliberate focus on modernization first emerged five years ago in 2018, when the Province adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Long Anticipated Update to B.C.’s