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Title:
Disaster risk reduction 20 examples of good practice from Central Asia
Creator:
European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection DG (ECHO)
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU) ( summary contributor )
Place of Publication:
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Publisher:
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2006
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Risk management ( lcshac )
Poverty ( lcshac )
Sustainable development ( lcshac )
Risk assessment ( lcshac )
Genre:
non-fiction ( marcgt )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Central Asia

Notes

Summary:
This publication is focused on the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) component that promotes the sharing of lessons learned and best practices as a central tool in disaster risk reduction (DRR). It catalogues successful projects implemented throughout Central Asia. The chapters provide a brief synopsis of DRR themes, and thereafter present success stories, lessons learned, and the European Commission/United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction’s (UNISDR) advice and recommendations. Communication is a central theme throughout the document. One of the cases reveals that DRR projects are particularly successful when information and skills were disseminated through the education system. It highlights the Government of Kazakhstan’s efforts to build local capacity by developing disaster training materials and brochures, documentaries, cartoons, posters, and coloring books for school children. The project found that children and teenagers are easily trainable and have a rather powerful influence upon their families and communities. A second case focuses on the increased effectiveness of Tajikistan’s Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team (REACT) as a result of improvements in its disaster risk management information sharing mechanisms. Other cases focus on the building of a knowledge network in Central Asia, the integration of DRR into development and poverty reduction efforts, the development and dissemination of risk maps to a variety of disaster risk management stakeholders, the collection and integration of critical disaster information into manuals for local governments, the rehabilitation of hazard monitoring networks, the use of media and theatrical performances to encourage greater citizen participation in DRR, etc. This document is a testament that least developed states can implement good DRR practices even when they lack substantial resources. It demonstrates that when there is political will and citizen participation, along with lessons learned from past disasters, the implementation of DRR initiatives proves both quite effective and efficient. While these success stories are impressive, the document could increase its depth if it also included challenges facing actors carrying out DRR efforts in developing country contexts. These challenges would provide an incentive for stakeholders reading this document to take pre-emptive action in order to ensure that their initiatives do not succumb to similar fates; that these challenges are addressed from the beginning. ( English )
Subject:
General Risk Reduction ( English )
Scope and Content:
1. Introduction: Disaster Impact in Central Asia p. 5; 2. Government Practices and Coordination p. 8; Introduction p. 9; Good Practice p. 10; Lessons Learned and Practical Advice p. 13; 3. Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction p. 14; Introduction p. 15; Good Practice p. 16; Lessons Learned and Practical Advice p. 18; 4. Risk Assessment p. 19; Introduction p. 20; Good Practice p. 21; Lessons Learned and Practical Advice p. 23; 5. Capacity Building p. 24; Introduction p. 25; Good Practice p. 26; Lessons Learned and Practical Advice p. 31; 6. Structural and Non-Structural Mitigation p. 32; Introduction p. 33; Good Practice p. 34; Lessons Learned and Practical Advice p. 37; 7. Appendixes p. 38; Hyogo Framework p. 39; Glossary p. 41; Summary p. 48 ( English )
Citation/Reference:
Disaster risk reduction: 20 examples of good practice from Central Asia. European Commission, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
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FI13022756

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