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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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What Do Music Therapists Need to Know Before the Disaster Strikes?

Voices, 2012
The paper discusses required knowledge in preparation for a disaster relief. The author shares her experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake and reviews how she went through the post-disaster phase as a music therapist.
Masako Otera
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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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Key scientific and technological issues of joint prevention and control of river flood and urban waterlogging disaster chain in megacities

Shui kexue jinzhan, 2023
In recent years, the risk of extreme super rainstorm in megacities coupled with big flood in rivers has been increasing, which caused heavy casualties and property losses.
Jiahong LIU, Chao MEI, Hongwei LIU, Xiaoyi FANG, Guangheng NI, Wenbo JIN   +5 more
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Activities of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Regarding Sediment-Related Disaster Prevention Using Non-Structural Measures, Based on Japa Nese SABO Technology

Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 2013
: In the project activities of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (TC), the National institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), the SABO (Erosion and Sediment Control) Department of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (
Shin-Ichiro Hayashi, Hideaki Mizuno, Atsushi Okamoto, Masaki Hiruma, Reiji Kondo   +4 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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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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Social Science Considerations for Integrating Aviation Technology, Emergency Services, and Human Resilience

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 2020
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have a range of innovative applications within the field of disaster management, underscoring the potential to enhance human security by integrating UAS across phases of disasters.
Chelsea A LeNoble, Joel M Billings, Janel M Ingraham, Ray H Chang, Allison A Kwesell   +4 more
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Preparing children for climate-related disasters [PDF]

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2020
Climate-related disasters affect different dimensions of children’s health and well-being both directly and indirectly. Reducing children’s vulnerability and exposure to climate-related disasters is crucial to protect them against risks. Children as climate-change agents and future leaders at local, national and international level can obviously ...
Hamed Seddighi, Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Mónica López López, Homeira Sajjadi   +3 more
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Disaster management in India : need for an integrated approach

, 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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