CIVL3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Report, Debt Management Plan
18 Oct 2018
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2016 world disaster report international federation of red cross and red crescent societies. Between 1991 and 2010, only 0. 4% of the 3. 3 trillion us dollars spent on aid was dedicated to. A lack of global investment in strengthening community resilience towards emergency situations (natural calamities, war, famine, etc) is leaving many people exposed to predictable, preventable and catastrophic disaster risks. Investing in resilience prior to a disaster can save lives and money. Only 0. 04% of us international aid funding is invested in preparedness to disasters. Moreover, urbanization and migration due to globalisation causes disasters and health outbreaks to prevail over a larger area, hence this is harder to contain. Factors to improve emergency management in developing nations: investment in disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction, effective emergency plans, trained emergency management personal, resources for response/recovery. Inefficient aid/assistance co-ordination: 8000 killed, 25000 injured, economic loss of ysd bn, 300 after-shakes, including a 7. 3 magnitude.
