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- Summary:
- The document “Institutional Arrangements for Disaster Management in Myanmar” highlights the various natural hazards that plague the country, and the various institutional structures established in Myanmar to counter act them. It outlines their respective responsibilities in terms of enhancing the resiliency of the population, mitigating risk, responding to disaster situations, and reconstructing and rehabilitating after disasters. This document is intended to provide information to all the various stakeholders in order to facilitate coordination for more effective and efficient implementation of disaster mitigation policies. Cyclones present a constant threat to Myanmar along the Bay of Bengal coast. In the last 40 years, the country has been hit by five major cyclones. In 1968, the cyclone Sittwe killed 1037 people; in 1975 the Pathein left 304 dead, and in 2008, cyclone Nargis became the most disastrous on record killing 138,373 people, affecting 2.4 million, and causing 4.1 billion dollars of damage. Flooding accounts for nearly 11 percent of all disasters. Between 1910 and 2000 there were 12 major floods. Much of this flooding was the result of monsoon season and storm surges associated with cyclones. Myanmar has a long coastline and densely settled low-lying lands particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels. Myanmar has 3 seismically active regions. During the 20th Century, at least 18 large earthquakes happened in the Central Lowlands. The largest recorded earthquake so far was the magnitude 8.0, and occurred on May 23rd 1912. While fires do not cause the level of devastation that cyclones and earthquakes have, in Myanmar they accounted for nearly 70 percent of disasters. In order to face these various hazards, Myanmar has drafted the Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, Relief and Rehabilitation. The purpose of this plan is to establish and coordinate various DRR programs, to develop effective search and rescue capabilities, along with systematic procedures for reconstruction and rehabilitation, and to devise policies that help protect the country’s valued resources from natural hazards. The plan involved the formation of the National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee (NDPCC) and its working committees at various levels of government. They will educate the population on disaster preparedness through media, identify existing vulnerabilities and draw plans of action to mitigate them, study past disasters to establish lessons for preventive measures, conduct mock drills, etc. ( English )
- Subject:
- Disaster Risk Management ( English )
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- Institutional ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- (2009). Institutional arrangements for disaster management in Myanmar. Department of Relief and Resettlement Myanmar, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
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- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
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- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042444
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