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District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP)- Arghakhanchi District
Abstract:
Floods, landslides, droughts and other weather and climate-induced hazards are almost regular phenomena in Nepal. High socio-economic vulnerability of local communities and sectors – remote, rural, rugged and fragile geophysical environment mixing with unplanned settlement, population pressure, low social capacity to mitigate risk and prepare for difficulty – create scenarios of high risk, inviting disaster. Those likely to suffer the most are the poor, marginalized and disadvantaged social groups, whose limited access to resources make them least able to adapt, prepare and cope to their precarious environment. In order to address the root causes of vulnerability to natural disaster, Nepal is in the process of shifting its government policies towards proactive preparedness, mitigation and prevention. This highlights the links between disaster management and development, calling for a cross-sectoral approach to identify the bottlenecks to risk reduction. Disaster Risk Management Plans must be developed with a dual top-down and bottom-up approach, tapping the existing institutional capacity required for coordinated action, in response to community-based voicing of the most pressing needs. Efforts must mobilise a variety of actors – government, private sector and civil society – to complement each other with their respective expertise, while allocating specific and binding responsibilities to overcome difficulties of collective action. The National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management (2009) in Nepal links the International Hyogo Framework of Action to Nepal’s specific context, and sets an agenda for priority action to mainstream disaster risk management into Nepal’s development. The aim of the District Disaster Risk Management Plan is to support and extend downward the needs assessment started at the national level with the National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management by assessing the district level hazard risk context in Arghakhanchi, analysing the impacts of the hazards and the fundamental vulnerabilities faced within the district, and by identifying key institutions at the district and local level and the critical capacity gaps, to plan a set of strategic priority activities across the district. #DisasterManagement #RiskReduction
Publisher: GoN, FAO Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 NATURAL DISASTERS, FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKES, DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS,CLIMATE CHANGE, POPULATION, POPULATION DYNAMICS, HEALTH, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES, DISASTER VICTIMS, DISASTER PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF, DISASTER RELIEF, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLY, HUMAN SECURITY, RIGHT TO FOOD
Thematic Group:
FAO, (2011)
Thesaurus:
13.02.00 - Disaster Prevention, Preparedness And Relief
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Feeder: LUNI SHRESTHA, Editor: SANJIYA SHRESTHA, Auditor:
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District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP)- Arghakhanchi District
Abstract:
Floods, landslides, droughts and other weather and climate-induced hazards are almost regular phenomena in Nepal. High socio-economic vulnerability of local communities and sectors – remote, rural, rugged and fragile geophysical environment mixing with unplanned settlement, population pressure, low social capacity to mitigate risk and prepare for difficulty – create scenarios of high risk, inviting disaster. Those likely to suffer the most are the poor, marginalized and disadvantaged social groups, whose limited access to resources make them least able to adapt, prepare and cope to their precarious environment. In order to address the root causes of vulnerability to natural disaster, Nepal is in the process of shifting its government policies towards proactive preparedness, mitigation and prevention. This highlights the links between disaster management and development, calling for a cross-sectoral approach to identify the bottlenecks to risk reduction. Disaster Risk Management Plans must be developed with a dual top-down and bottom-up approach, tapping the existing institutional capacity required for coordinated action, in response to community-based voicing of the most pressing needs. Efforts must mobilise a variety of actors – government, private sector and civil society – to complement each other with their respective expertise, while allocating specific and binding responsibilities to overcome difficulties of collective action. The National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management (2009) in Nepal links the International Hyogo Framework of Action to Nepal’s specific context, and sets an agenda for priority action to mainstream disaster risk management into Nepal’s development. The aim of the District Disaster Risk Management Plan is to support and extend downward the needs assessment started at the national level with the National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management by assessing the district level hazard risk context in Arghakhanchi, analysing the impacts of the hazards and the fundamental vulnerabilities faced within the district, and by identifying key institutions at the district and local level and the critical capacity gaps, to plan a set of strategic priority activities across the district.
Publisher: GoN, FAO Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 NATURAL DISASTERS, FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKES, DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS,CLIMATE CHANGE, POPULATION, POPULATION DYNAMICS, HEALTH, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES, DISASTER VICTIMS, DISASTER PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF, DISASTER RELIEF, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLY, HUMAN SECURITY, RIGHT TO FOOD
Thematic Group:
FAO, (2011)
Thesaurus:
13.02.00 - Disaster Prevention, Preparedness And Relief
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Feeder: LUNI SHRESTHA, Editor: ANITAKARKI2052@GMAIL COM, Auditor:
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District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP)- Arghakhanchi District
Abstract:
Arghakhanchi district has been responding to a variety of recurring natural disasters through the District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC) empowered by the Natural Calamity (Relief) Act 2039 promulgated in 1982, which is its policy and legal framework for disaster management. The Act has made provision for the district level management of rescue and relief activities to the Chief District Officer (CDO), who is the ex-office Chairperson of the District level District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC). The DDRC springs into relief action only after a particular disaster hits an area. This sort of disaster management has not been used as an –ex ante consideration of disaster preparedness through development planning, administration and management. As an effort of proactive planning for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), the District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP) has been formulated for the Arghakhanchi district. The preparation of the DDRMP has been commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to the Practical Action Consulting (PAC), Asia. PAC has facilitated the preparation of Arghakhanchi district’s DDRMP along with three other districts viz. Siraha, Kapilvastu and Udaypur.
Publisher: GoN, FAO Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 NATURAL DISASTERS, FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKES, DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, PLAN LAYOUT, NATIONAL SCENARIO, AGRICULTURAL LOSS, CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE, LEGAL PROVISIONS, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, PHYSIOGRAPHY, HAZARD ANALYSIS, VULNERABILITY, LIVELIHOOD ASSETS, ACTION PLAN, DISASTER MITIGATION, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION , DISASTER-PRONE AREAS, DROUGHT CONTROL, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
Thematic Group:
FAO, (2011)
Thesaurus:
13.02.00 - Disaster Prevention, Preparedness And Relief
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Feeder: LUNI SHRESTHA, Editor: YASHOHANGMARAI, Auditor:
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District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP)- Arghakhanchi District
Abstract:
Arghakhanchi district has been responding to a variety of recurring natural disasters through the District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC) empowered by the Natural Calamity (Relief) Act 2039 promulgated in 1982, which is its policy and legal framework for disaster management. The Act has made provision for the district level management of rescue and relief activities to the Chief District Officer (CDO), who is the ex-office Chairperson of the District level District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC). The DDRC springs into relief action only after a particular disaster hits an area. This sort of disaster management has not been used as an –ex ante consideration of disaster preparedness through development planning, administration and management. As an effort of proactive planning for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), the District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP) has been formulated for the Arghakhanchi district. The preparation of the DDRMP has been commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to the Practical Action Consulting (PAC), Asia. PAC has facilitated the preparation of Arghakhanchi district’s DDRMP along with three other districts viz. Siraha, Kapilvastu and Udaypur.
Publisher: GoN, FAO Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 DISATER RISK MANAGEMENT, OBJECTIVES, PLAN LAYOUT, FRAME WORK, NATIONAL SCENARIO, AGCULTURAL LOSS, DLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES, ACT AND LEGAL PROVISIONS, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND FOLLOW UP, PHYSIOGRAPHY, HAZARD ANALYSIS, IMPACT AND VULNERABILITY, LIVELIHOOD ASSETS, ACTION PLAN, WEAKNESS AND KEY PRIORITY, DISASTER MITIGATION, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION , DISASTER-PRONE AREAS, DROUGHT CONTROL, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
Thematic Group:
FAO, (2011)
Thesaurus:
13.02.00 - Disaster Prevention, Preparedness And Relief
PDF | File Size: 1.1 MB   Download
Feeder: LUNI SHRESTHA, Editor: RAJENDRA BANEPALI, Auditor:
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District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP)- Arghakhanchi District
Abstract:
Arghakhanchi district has been responding to a variety of recurring natural disasters through the District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC) empowered by the Natural Calamity (Relief) Act 2039 promulgated in 1982, which is its policy and legal framework for disaster management. The Act has made provision for the district level management of rescue and relief activities to the Chief District Officer (CDO), who is the ex-office Chairperson of the District level District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC). The DDRC springs into relief action only after a particular disaster hits an area. This sort of disaster management has not been used as an –ex ante consideration of disaster preparedness through development planning, administration and management. As an effort of proactive planning for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), the District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRMP) has been formulated for the Arghakhanchi district. The preparation of the DDRMP has been commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to the Practical Action Consulting (PAC), Asia. PAC has facilitated the preparation of Arghakhanchi district’s DDRMP along with three other districts viz. Siraha, Kapilvastu and Udaypur.
Publisher: GoN, FAO Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 DISATER RISK MANAGEMENT, OBJECTIVES, PLAN LAYOUT, FRAME WORK, NATIONAL SCENARIO, AGCULTURAL LOSS, DLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES, ACT AND LEGAL PROVISIONS, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND FOLLOW UP, PHYSIOGRAPHY, HAZARD ANALYSIS, IMPACT AND VULNERABILITY, LIVELIHOOD ASSETS, ACTION PLAN, WEAKNESS AND KEY PRIORITY, DISASTER MITIGATION, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION , DISASTER-PRONE AREAS, DROUGHT CONTROL, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
Thematic Group:
FAO, (2011)
Thesaurus:
13.02.00 - Disaster Prevention, Preparedness And Relief
PDF | File Size: 1.1 MB   Download
Feeder: LUNI SHRESTHA, Editor: , Auditor:
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