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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Built Environment in Sri Lanka- An overview [PDF]

, 2013
Natural disasters have long-term implications on sustainable development. They mainly destroy the built environment thereby hindering economic and social development, and causing environment degradation.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard, Ginige, Kanchana   +2 more
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Post-tsunami road reconstruction in Sri Lanka: Efficacy of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction [PDF]

, 2013
Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami all roads in the affected areas in Sri Lanka were inaccessible during the immediate aftermath of the disaster either due to the damages they sustained or poor networking of roads and lack of contingency planning ...
Palliyaguru, Roshani, Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard   +2 more
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Disaster management in India : need for an integrated approach [PDF]

, 2022
It is now widely known that the hazards can be natural, but most disasters are ‘human-made’. The failure to properly implement developmental policies and practices with due consideration to disaster risk management is the leading cause of turning a ...
Vipul, Nakum, Sriram, Divi, Dorasamy, Nirmala   +2 more
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Building Disaster Resilience within the Emirati Energy Sector through a Comprehensive Strategic Mitigation Plan [PDF]

, 2013
Disasters, both natural and man-made, have been occurring with increasing frequency and effect in recent decades in many countries around the world. Such threats have been shown to result in a loss of life, property and income and all of which have an ...
Khaili, K., Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Pathirage, Chaminda   +2 more
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Social Protection and Disaster Recovery

, 2020
This note highlights the critical contribution that social protection can make to a broader disaster recovery effort by helping directly to disaster-affected households.
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
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Disaster Resilience Education and Research Roadmap for Europe 2030 : ANDROID Report [PDF]

, 2015
A disaster resilience education and research roadmap for Europe 2030 has been launched. This roadmap represents an important output of the ANDROID disaster resilience network, bringing together existing literature in the field, as well as the results of ...
Rochas, C, Kaklauskss, A, Perera, S, Haigh, Richard, Perdikou, S, Faber, M, Velazquez, J, Lill, Irene, Faber, Michael, Perdikou, S., Thayaparan, Menaha, Rochas, C., Lill, I., Indirli, M., Haigh, RP, Kaklauskas, Arturas, Faber, M., Perera, Srinath, Amaratunga, RDG, Sparf, Jörgen, Perera, S., Indirli, Maurizio, Thayaparan, M, Perdikou, Skevi, Velazquez, Jerry, Sparf, J, Sparf, Jörgen,, Velazquez, J., Lill, I, Indirli, M, Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Rochas, Claudio, Sparf, J., Kaklauskas,, Arturas   +33 more
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Evaluation of Disaster and Emergency Assembly Areas in Arnavutköy (Istanbul) for Suitability in Disaster Processes

Coğrafya Dergisi
Disasters play an important social and psychological role in society. The recent losses caused by disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and forest fires in Turkey have kept this issue on the agenda. Disaster management processes are important to prevent
Harun Reşit Bağcı, Nur Seda Çağırır, Serdar Demir   +2 more
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Management of an Earthquake in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Çocuk Dergisi, 2023
Objective: The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake (7.8 magnitude) devastated Turkey, impacting approximately 14 million people and causing over 50,000 fatalities.
Murat Tanyıldız, Ömer Özden, Lasin Özbek, Karya Şenköylü, Aysu Çakar, İlker Eren, Aslıcan Çakkalkurt, Mehmet Emin Menentoğlu, Ilmay Bilge   +8 more
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Shocks and health care in Latin America and the Caribbean

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most disaster-prone regions worldwide, and the frequency and intensity of disasters is expected to increase.
Marcia C. Castro, Jamie Ponmattam, Emily A. FitzGerald   +2 more
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Disaster event: Window of opportunity to implement global disaster policies? [PDF]

, 2013
Disasters have been predominantly construed as destructive events causing loss of lives, livelihoods and hard-won development. Much less attention has been paid to the constructive nature of disasters as creating potential windows of opportunities to ...
Siambabala B. Manyena, Manyena, Bernard, Manyena, Siambabala B, Manyena, Siambabala B.   +3 more
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