Disaster prevention and sustainable development in Central America

2021 ◽  
pp. 1247-1252
Author(s):  
S. Mora
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Central America ◽  
Disaster Prevention

CURRENT SITUATION OF MANAGEMENT OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND PREVENTION OF DISASTER FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE ETHNIC MINORITIES BOARDING HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE NORTHWESTERN AREA AND ISSUES HAS BEEN POSED

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Thu Trang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Northwestern Region

Through survey results on the status of management of life skills education activities to cope with climate change and disaster prevention for the sustainable development of local communities in the ethnic minority boarding high schools in the Northwestern region from 2013 to 2018, the author deeply analyzed and assessed the strengths, weaknesses, causes of strengths and weaknesses of the management of education activities on life skills to cope with climate change and disaster prevention for the sustainable development of local communities for ethnic minority students at boarding high schools for ethnic minorities in the Northwestern region in the present period and the issues raised.

First Exploration of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Planning of Small Towns

2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 190-193
Author(s):  
Hua Ying Dai ◽  
Jiang Hai Ji ◽  
Bo Guo ◽  
Long Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Survival ◽  
Mitigation Planning ◽  
Disaster Losses

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Practice in small towns shows that Comprehensive and in-depth disaster prevention and mitigation behavior is an important way to reduce disaster losses, At the same time, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of small towns is to ensure the steady development of agriculture, to meet the objective requirements of social reproduction and human survival needs. Because of this, Disaster prevention and reduction of small towns will become the only way for the sustainable development of society. This article is intended to improve Disaster Prevention and Mitigation System of small towns by new planning ideas.

SALTRA: A Regional Program for Workers' Health and Sustainable Development in Central America

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catharina Wesseling ◽  
Aurora Aragón ◽  
Kaj Elgstrand ◽  
Reinaldo Flores ◽  
Christer Hogstedt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Central America

BIDeconomics Belize: Developing a Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Belize

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Martin ◽  
Janelle Leslie ◽  
Marta Ruiz-Arranz ◽  
Ramiro López-Ghio ◽  
Gian Vasquez
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Central America ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Export Sector ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Government

This document presents a comprehensive analysis of challenges and opportunities for promoting inclusive and sustainable development in Belize on a sectoral level, where rekindling faster, sustained economic growth is arguably one of the country's most significant development challenges. The unprecedented hit of the COVID-19 pandemic has added pressure to an economy with characteristically low growth, and dramatically transformed Belize's economic and social outlook. Reigniting economic growth that is sustainable and inclusive, as well as removing structural bottlenecks, requires addressing three priority areas categorized here as pillars. These pillars are: (i) Anchoring fiscal policy for growth, (ii) Transforming the export sector through diversification, integration, and innovation, and (iii) Providing social protection and skills to shape the future. These development challenges are interdependent and tackling them will require a collaborative and synchronous approach. At the IADB, we trust the BIDeconomics Belize will be a valuable tool for the Government of Belize and the country's stakeholders to overcome these challenges. BIDeconomics is a series of publications by the Department of Countries of Central America Haiti, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic that provides analysis and proposals to support the sustainable development of the countries of the region. Each publication summarizes the findings of the Country Development Challenges studies, which are respectively prepared as inputs for each of the IDB Country Strategies.

scholarly journals Sustainable development of climate change resources: About recycling of water resources in Maple Park, Taichung, Taiwan.

2019 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 00016
Author(s):  
Chang-Hsien Hsu ◽  
Chiu-Yu Hung
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
City Government ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Taichung City ◽  
Island Type

Water is an essential substance in the global environment that sustains the functioning of all ecosystems. In fact, the demand for water resources should not be limited to human activity systems. In terms of sustainable development of the environment, the distribution and development of water resources need to expand to the needs of other ecosystems on the planet. Taiwan is surrounded by the sea and is a typical island-type economic country. However, due to the young geology of Taiwan, the terrain is too large and undulating, so that the rainwater quickly flows into the ocean and is difficult to store. Taiwan has an average of 2,500 mm of rainfall per year[1].The rainfall in Taiwan is more than 2.6 times the global average, it is a country with abundant rainfall. At the same time, there is also a crisis of water shortage. Due to the narrowness, the steep mountains, and the heavily rain of typhoon, it quickly flows into the sea. So that even if the rain is more and more in Taiwan, it will not ease the problem of water shortage. Therefore, the application of circular economy and water reuse is more important. This study takes “Flood detention pond in Maple Park” as the object of discussion. Exploring how the Taichung City Government used the ecological park to achieve the role of reservoirs for flood detention and disaster prevention. In addition, how to use water resources efficiently to achieve sustainable development has become a major issue in modern times.

scholarly journals Geodiversity, Geoconservation, and Geotourism in Central America

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Adolfo Quesada-Román ◽  
Lidia Torres-Bernhard ◽  
Maynor A. Ruiz-Álvarez ◽  
Manuel Rodríguez-Maradiaga ◽  
Gema Velázquez-Espinoza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Central America ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Sustainable Lifestyles ◽  
The Status ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
National Environmental ◽  
Different Origin

Central America is located in a dynamic region where tectonics and volcanism together with the tropical climate and its diverse vegetation have shaped the landscapes. Our main objective is to review the status of the geodiversity, geoconservation, and geotourism in Central America. We will identify the region’s geomorphic environments and geodiversity using classic regional geomorphology mapping techniques. Likewise, using touristic maps and webpages, we identify the most prominent geosites of different origin in Central America. Moreover, we will explore the national environmental policies, natural conservation systems, and tourism initiatives to promote their national geoheritage through geotourism. We found that volcanic, coastal, karstic, glacial, and fluvial geomorphic environments are the most common in the region. In addition, we identified 393 geosites of volcanic, coastal, karstic, glacial, fluvial, and archeological origin in Central America. The promotion of geoheritage, geodiversity, geoconservation, and thus the development of geoparks are excellent opportunities to promote sustainable development, sustainable lifestyles, appreciation of natural and cultural diversity, and the promotion of peace. These results may prove important to spread information about geoscience widely to decision makers on geotourism and conservation in each country and the stakeholders of the region. Geoheritage studies in tropical and developing countries such as those in Central America should be improved, and priority should be given to the geomorphological dynamics and strong anthropic pressures on their geo- and biodiversity to increase their income through geotourism, especially among the less favored communities and avoid affecting their already threatened natural resources.

scholarly journals Climate and music (Toward development of the interdisciplinary climate and cultural understanding education of ESD with special attention to the seasonal cycle and seasonal feeling around Japan and Europe)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuranoshin Kato ◽  
Haruko Kato ◽  
Rikako Akagi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Seasonal Cycle ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Seasonal Cycles ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Cultural Understanding ◽  
The People ◽  
Interdisciplinary Integration

Abstract. Most music pieces have their own cultural background, and the origin and expression of songs are closely related not only to their languages and customs but also to the regional characteristics of natural environment including the climate and its seasonal cycles. Thus, scientific study of the climate and seasonal cycle in a regional context would be also useful for understanding the context of music, as well as the other background. Inversely, such approach enables us to sympathize with the feeling of the people and to sing and appreciate the songs, even for the other regions. By the way, climate education is an important part of the ESD (Education for Sustainable Development), relating to education on environment, disaster prevention, climate variability, and also cultural understanding. Furthermore, it could contribute greatly to promoting the Fundamental ESD Literacy such as thinking of various complex relations, diversity, understanding of Heterogeneous others, and so on. Based on the above concepts, we have continued the interdisciplinary integration of the knowledge on climate and music, and have developed the crosscutting study plans on the climate and cultural understanding education. A part of these results have been just published in a Japanese book titled by Climate and music (Cultural understanding and ESD spreading from the Doors of Song) (Kato, H. and K. Kato 2019), building mainly our papers written in Japanese, some of which were also introduced at EGU2014–2019. This article will re-integrate our above results, mainly for the climate and songs/traditional seasonal events around Germany, Northern Europe and Japan.

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