scholarly journals Disaster risk reduction in Iraq

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa T.M. Al-Shamsi
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
International Society ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Multiple Hazards ◽  
The Government ◽  
First Time ◽  
Acute Crisis

Iraq is at risk of multiple hazards including both natural and man-made calamities. Little effort had been made before 2003 to address the disaster risk; even though many legislations enacted to provide a relief in the event of the acute crisis, they were mainly focused on the reactive response to the calamities without taking into consideration the prevention, preparedness and mitigation approach. The recent years have witnessed some positive attitude from the government and international society to develop strategies for disaster risk reduction in Iraq. Iraq for the first time has drafted a law that is distinctive for the disasters. The purpose of this article is to review the possibilities and challenges of disaster risk reduction in Iraq.

scholarly journals Social Work and Community Based Disaster Risk Management in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-132
Author(s):  
Sajjad Hussain ◽  
Saira Miraj ◽  
Rani Saddique
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Civil Unrest ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negative Impacts

Pakistan is exposed to various natural calamities due to its geophysical condition and climatic changes. In addition, man-made disasters also pose a threat to human lives and properties which includes industrial and transport disasters including oil spills, civil unrest, wars and conflicts. Although it is not possible to stop or prevent natural disasters, but the negative impacts of natural disasters can be minimized through human efforts. The government of Pakistan has adopted participatory approach as part of its policy for disaster management. This research paper is based on the analysis of secondary data for reviewing the existing policies with emphasis on disaster risk reduction in pre and post disaster period. The paper concludes that participation of target community is indispensable for disaster risk reduction on sustainable basis. The article suggests that community should be meaningfully involved in disaster risk reduction efforts at the local level. In this connection the role of social workers is indispensable for disaster risk reduction on sustainable basis.

scholarly journals Survey on Disaster Risk Reduction Measures in the Balicuatro Area Schools of Northern Samar

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-74
Author(s):  
Randy O. Canales ◽  
Felisa L. Sanico
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
Risk Reduction Measures ◽  
School Heads

This study sought to account the disaster risk reduction measures of the school heads of the elementary schools in the Balicuatro Area of Northern Samar in terms of information dissemination and advocacy campaign, policy mechanisms, organizational structure and mitigation measures to ensure the safety of the pupils, school personnel, properties and records. The findings showed that there was a significant relationship on the level of awareness of the respondents and the status of implementation of disaster risk reduction measures. The respondents possess some extent of knowledge on disaster risk reduction measures. The respondents’ awareness influenced their status of implementation of the measures. It can be implied that the efforts of the government to raise the awareness is effective.

scholarly journals Awareness and Practices on Disaster Preparedness of Students of a Public High School in Antique

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-46
Author(s):  
Gerry L. Ventura ◽  
Dennis V. Madrigal
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Public High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Government

Disasters cause deaths and serious disruptions in society, which call for the global community to take drastic steps to address and reduce the impacts of these inevitable calamities. That is why the government, through the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act of 2010, requires the integration of disaster risk reduction in the school curriculum to strengthen the awareness and practice of personnel and students on calamity preparedness. Hence, the paper assessed the level of awareness and extent of practice on disaster preparedness before, during, and after the disaster of public junior high school students in Antique. Likewise, it sought to establish a difference in awareness and practice on disaster preparedness relative to sex, residence, and grade level and the relationship between awareness and practice. 

scholarly journals PERAN FORUM PENGURANGAN RESIKO BENCANA DESA PASAWAHAN KABUPATEN GARUT DALAM KESIAPSIAGAAN BENCANA

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
. Handriyana ◽  
Sofyan Cholid
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Disaster Potential ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Village

Disaster Risk Reduction Forum is an organization set up to assist the government in terms of disaster risk reduction at stage one emergency preparedness. During this Forum PRB only until the district / city level, in Garut regency are Forum PRB to the village level in the village Pasawahan. PRB Forum Pasawahan Village is a forum that embodies elements of society that focuses on disaster risk reduction. Therefore in this paper will discuss the role of the forum on disaster risk reduction (DRR) Pasawahan Desa Garut district in an effort to improve disaster preparedness. Qualitative approach is used with a descriptive design and data collection methods are in depth interview, documentation study, and field observation. PRB Forum in Pasawahan Village is an organization formed independently by the community with the purpose of reducing high disaster risk in Pasawahan Village. The presence of PRB forum on a village level became an interesting attention to conduct disaster preparedness in Pasawahan Village, which has a high disaster potential. The result of this research shows is PRB Forum in Pasawahan Village conducted a series of preparedness to create a disaster preparedness

scholarly journals How Development Affects News Media Coverage of Earthquakes: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction in Observing Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Jamieson ◽  
Douglas Van Belle
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Policy Learning ◽  
Original Dataset ◽  
Risk Communities

Previous research suggests that lesson-drawing news coverage of disasters can create windows of opportunity for policy learning in the observing communities. This is especially important for cities facing similar vulnerabilities to disaster-affected communities, where they can learn from their events to pursue disaster risk reduction policies to mitigate against those risks at home. However, little is known about the conditions under which newspapers in at-risk communities provide the type of news coverage necessary for policy learning. Using logistic regression to analyze an original dataset produced from a content analysis of five newspapers’ coverage of five earthquakes, we demonstrate that the level of development of the disaster-stricken community systematically influences the nature of news coverage in at-risk communities. These results have important implications for the understanding of urban disaster risk reduction, suggesting that the conditions for bottom-up policy learning are more likely to occur following disasters in wealthier countries.

scholarly journals MITIGATION OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN PANGANDARAN REGENCY

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramadhan Pancasilawan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
The Government

The government has a function to protect its people, including managing the disaster. The function of government in natural disaster management is a function that is expected to be carried out with full commitment. Disaster management is an activity carried out comprehensively and there is a need for active stakeholder involvement. Pangandaran Regency is a disaster-prone area. This article aims to describe the mitigation launched by the Pangandaran Regency government to reduce disaster risk using a Qualitative approach and observation, interview and literature study. Pangandaran Regency has been stretched to get out of the tsunami disaster that had occurred. Even mitigation efforts have been carried out with the involvement of various stakeholders in Pangandaran Regency. With mitigation, disaster risk reduction can be done. Therefore the government should make efforts to overcome disaster risk through the Mitigation Program by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD). The disaster mitigation program consists of two types namely Mitigation with a Structural approach and namely mitigation by focusing on physical development, such as the construction of temporary evacuation sites or the construction of an early warning system (EAS). Then the other form is Non-Structural mitigation which is mitigation carried out in the form of non-physical development, such as disaster education to school children and also to the community through activities carried out by mothers. Disaster training is given to private parties to understand disaster in Pangandaran.Keywords: Disaster, Mitigation, Risk Reduction, Management Disaster, Pangandaran  

scholarly journals Analisis SWOT Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) dalam Melakukan Pengurangan Risiko Bencana di Kota Padang

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Andre Lofika Pegi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
The Government ◽  
Operational Activities

The purpose of this study was to find out and analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats encountered by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in carrying out disaster risk reduction in the Padang City. The method used in the study is descriptive qualitative method with data collection techniques through interviews and documentation studies. Data were analyzed using SWOT analysis. This research shows that the strengths are, PMI has reliable personnel and specialists in their fields, PMI has a stable procedure and system, PMI has its own law, namely Law No. 1 of 2018 and Government Regulation No. 7 of 2019. The disadvantage is that PMI is a voluntary organization so that in carrying out its duties PMI cannot be too forced and not too binding, PMI does not have a budget for risk reduction so it is difficult to carry out operational activities, infrastructure and equipment in PMI are incomplete, PMI personnel quantity still less especially the stanbey at headquarters. The opportunity that PMI has in carrying out disaster risk reduction, namely PMI, has gained trust from the government, the PMI name is quite good in the government and society. The threat is that community participation is still lacking when conducting socialization activities on disaster risk reduction, PMI is used as political land by certain elements of the external PMI, causing internal conflicts and influencing PMI's performance. The efforts made by PMI in conducting disaster risk reduction in the Padang City by conducting a new volunteer open recruitment if the volunteers have begun to be less active, provide training in advance to the team that will take to the field to provide socialization so that it is more prepared and the information delivered is more dense and quality, maintaining communication with the same stakeholders engaged in disaster management, conducting regular and periodic meetings to maintain communication and facilitating coordination among fellow stakeholders, calling on the public to always participate in socialization activities or simulations held by PMI and other stakeholders. Keywords: SWOT analysis, PMI, Disaster Risk Management

scholarly journals The Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction: Insight from Covid-19 in Balikpapan City, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 896 (1) ◽  
pp. 012068
Author(s):  
Ariyaningsih ◽  
R B Sukmara ◽  
L Pradita
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Current Response ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Sendai Framework ◽  
The Government ◽  
Available Information

Abstract The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) serves as the international standard for disaster risk reduction. The SFDRR places a new emphasis on risk reduction during the post-disaster recovery phase. Additionally, SFDRR encourages tangible and verifiable outcomes for catastrophe loss reduction, such as indicators for tracking progress toward seven global targets. The purpose of this article is to map the current response to the biological disaster (Covid-19) in the City of Balikpapan, Indonesia, for the Sendai Framework, using academic literature and publicly available data from governments and organizations. To provide timely responses to COVID-19 at the municipal level, this study conducted a rapid examination of newly available information from the Balikpapan government and other sources. According to the analysis’s findings, Covid 19 will have ramifications for the Sendai Framework unless the government adopts necessary legislation to keep the Sendai Framework on track. SDFRR was used to detect COVID-19 responses in Balikpapan City, although one target in the SFDRR is unclear or unidentified. Despite the fact that this goal, “Improving Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response and “Building Back Better” in Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction,” is crucial to the Sendai Framework’s success.

Natural Hazards Governance in Algeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djillali Benouar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
The Government

Natural hazard governance has become complicated. This is because many recent disasters had the biggest impact in urban areas with a large concentration of people heavily dependent on infrastructure and services. The rapid urbanization, population increase, development of critical engineering works, industrialization of cities with modern types of buildings, and the concentration of population living in hazardous areas are matter of growing concern, as they are likely to contribute to heavier loss of life and increasing economic losses in future disaster damage. The El-Asnam (formerly Orléansville) earthquake of October 10, 1980 (Ms 7.4) raised the awareness of both the Algerian government and the civil society of the need for disaster risk reduction policy. Since then, disaster risk reduction has been on the agenda of the government programs, and concrete measures have been undertaken in organization, legislation, institutions, training, education, communication, and information. The government has made significant efforts to improve the natural hazard governance. It has made a substantial impact on academic research and higher education in some disciplines of engineering and natural science in the country’s largest universities. Risk governance for natural hazard in Algeria will be seen here in light of the implementation mechanisms, the main achievements and progress, the new legal and regulatory tools and mechanisms, and cooperation aspects. In conclusion there will be a discussion about global evaluation and perspectives.

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