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… the Year Book was ready to go to press at the end of 2004, disaster struck in the form of the Indian Ocean earthquake … more were rendered homeless. The full scale of the disaster was still not clear as the year came to a close. … lack of sanitation in the aftermath. A UNEP Asian Tsunami Disaster Task Force was established immediately after the …

… security • Water security • Physical and mental health • Disaster risk reduction • Mitigating and adapting to climate … from illness and injury, and cope with stress.62 4. Disaster risk reduction Natural and well-managed ecosystems … Some key benefits of ecosystem services in terms of disaster risk reduction (DRR) are outlined in Table 4.2. …

… Integrated Water Resource Management Approaches to Support Disaster Risk Reduction,” in Renaud, F.G., Sudmeier-Rieux, … K., and Estrella, M. (eds.), The Role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction, Part III. U.N. University Press: … pp. 241–320. 63 Adikari, Y. et al. (2010). “Flood-related Disaster Vulnerability: An Impending Crisis of Megacities in …

… and droughts. The project targets specific policies on Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change and the national … Vulnerability to Resilience: Measuring Progress Towards Disaster Risk Reduction. Studies of the University: Research, … Nations Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), Geneva, Switzerland, 98+vi. …

… environment impact assessments; c. for public safety and disaster management; and d. on the status of water resources. … (ii) food production, preservation and distribution; (iii) disaster mitigation plans; (iv) environmental protection and … capacity, including at the local level, for effective disaster management, including observation and early warning …

… growth • Generation of local knowledge leading to disaster preparedness • Genderand age-dependent training to …

… 29 J.S. Ferguson, Hazardous Material and Energy: Cyanide Disaster in Romania Pollutes Eastern European Freshwater, … 32 T. Bissell, Eternal Winter: Lessons of the Aral Sea Disaster, Harper’s Magazine (1 April 2002), at p. 41. Today, … 2. 237 T. Bissell, Eternal Winter: Lessons of the Aral Sea Disaster, Harper’s Magazine (1 April 2002), at p. 41. 238 …

… had violated human rights in connection with an ecological disaster at a gold mine that released high levels of sodium …