Major Asian cities are located, by and large, across flood plains or in coastal areas. Over 50% of the urban populations are living in small and medium size cities with less than 500,000 populations that are growing faster and may not be able to cope with emerging urban issues. Considering the increased urban risks many of our cities are facing, it is clear that there is a need to integrate disaster risk reduction into the urban planning and local planning practices.
The Chairs summary of the GPDRR 2009 calls for specific targets to achieve critical infrastructure safety, as stated: “By 2011 a global structural evaluation of all schools and hospitals should be undertaken and that by 2015 concrete action plans for safer schools and hospitals should be developed and implemented in all disaster prone countries”. To respond to such a situation, UN-Habitat Bangkok Office in partnership with UNISDR Asia Pacific Secretariat
decided to develop Toolkits which will facilitate the assessment of the safety of critical infrastructure, focusing on schools and hospitals in South Asia.
#DisasterRiskReduction
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Publisher:
UNISDR, UNHABITAT, SAARC
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Type / Script:
Publication
in English
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Keywords:
HOSPITAL, SCHOOLS, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, DROUGHTS, EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE, DISASTER VICTIMS, DISASTER RELIEF, DISASTER PREVENTION, EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE, SEISMIC ACTIVITY
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Thematic Group:
UNHABITAT
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Human Settlements
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Thesaurus:
11.03.00
- Educational Systems
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