Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response - Guidance and Indicator Package for Implementing Priority Five of the Hyogo Framew
UN
Guideline, English, 60 pages
Summary
Never before has the challenge “to substantially reduce the impact of disasters and to make risk reduction an essential component of development policies and programmes” spelled out in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA) being more urgent or more compelling. In 2005, shortly after the Asian Tsunami, over 168 governments pledged to implement the Hyogo Framework’s three strategic goals: to integrate disaster risk reduction into sustainable development policies and planning, to develop and strengthen institutions, mechanisms and capacities to build resilience to hazards and to systematically incorporate risk reduction approaches into the implementation of emergency preparedness, response and recovery programmes. To achieve these goals, the HFA outlined five specific Priorities for Action: 1. Making disaster risk reduction a priority 2. Improving risk information and early warning 3. Building a culture of safety and resilience 4. Reducing the risks in key sectors 5. Strengthening preparedness for response
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Construction | Approaches