World Disasters Report 2002 : Focus on Reducing Risk

by Walter, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9789291390823
• ISBN10: 9291390828
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Kumarian Pr Inc

Summary

Disasters ' both environmental and technological ' continue to inflict unacceptable human and economic costs. The number of weather-related disasters has doubled since 1996. And scientists are warning that global warming will bring more windstorms, more floods and more droughts. The challenge to reduce the heavy toll taken by disasters has never been more urgent. The World Disasters Report 2002focuses on reducing disaster risk. How significant a role can mitigation and preparedness play in reducing disaster losses? How can international disaster response better integrate with local responses? What non-structural approaches to mitigation -- from early warning systems and first-aid training to public awareness, education and advocacy -- are possible? Most urgently of all, can we show that disaster preparedness and mitigation pay off in terms of lives, livelihoods and assets saved? The report examines the rationale for disaster preparedness, how to mitigate the effects of global warming in small island states and how to reduce risk from earthquakes in urban areas. It also looks at how communities in Mozambique, Nepal and Latin America have successfully reduced the toll of disasters through sound preparedness. In addition to the data chapter, updated annually, the report studies humanitarian accountability and a presents a methodology to assess vulnerabilities and capacities.

Table of Contents

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Acknowledgements	2	(4)
Introduction	6	(2)
Section One Focus on reducing risk
Risk reduction: challenges and opportunities	8	(32)
Cyclone preparedness saves millions in Bangladesh	16	(4)
A centuries-old drought mitigation strategy	20	(6)
Community-based disaster preparedness in Nepal	26	(6)
A livelihoods context for disaster management	32	(3)
Insuring micro-finance institutions against disaster	35	(5)
Thirty years of ``natural'' disasters	10	(9)
The lens of risk reduction	19	(21)
Disaster preparedness - a priority for Latin America	40	(20)
Traditional homes prove safer	49	(3)
Community-operated early warning in Guatemala	52	(2)
Risk mapping and relocation get political	54	(6)
Earthquakes and hurriacanes in Central and north-western South America	42	(18)
Preparedness pays off in Mozambique	60	(22)
Media coverage-a double-edged sword	64	(2)
Do people heed warnings?	66	(7)
Community-based disaster preparedness	73	(2)
New homes and livelihoods reduce disaster risk	75	(7)
Rescue operations in Mozambique in 2000 and 2001	71
Mozambique	63	(19)
Pacific islands foretell future of climate change	82	(24)
Relocation - the last resort	84	(4)
Treading water: climate change and sea-level rise	88	(4)
Cyclone strafes Manihiki atoll	92	(3)
Mangrove planting saves lives and money in Viet Nam	95	(3)
Fossil fuel subsidies outstrip adaptation funds	98	(2)
Socially responsible economies key to disaster reduction	100	(6)
Oceania: hydro-meteorological disasters from 1970 to 1999	87	(19)
Reducing earthquake risk in urban Europe	106	(22)
``Grandpa Earthquake'' dispels fear of disaster	110	(3)
Iceland - model of efficient disaster preparedness	113	(3)
First aid: humanity in action	116	(4)
Countering the risks of a Kathmandu quake	120	(8)
South-eastern Europe	108	(20)
Section Two Tracking the system
Assessing vulnerabilities and capacities - during peace and war	128	(20)
``Make people aware of the power they have''	132	(4)
Experiences of VCA from Scandinavia to Africa	136	(4)
Self-reliance in the south-west Pacific	140	(3)
Key principles for a successful VCA	143	(3)
Hospital of hope for victims of intifada	146	(2)
Vulnerable populations in Palestine	138
Israel and Occupied and Autonomous Territories of Palestine	131	(17)
Accountability: a question of rights and duties	148	(22)
Rights-based programming in Sierra Leone	151	(2)
Concerns and complaints	153	(2)
Right to information	155	(1)
Popular involvement becomes political in Nicaragua	156	(3)
Right to registration	159	(2)
Right to appropriate assistance with dignity	161	(1)
Recommendations for the ``accountable organization''	162	(8)
Disaster data: key trends and statistics	170	(42)
EM-DAT: a specialized disaster database	174	(4)
US Committee for Refugees	178	(2)
GLobal IDEntifier (GLIDE) number	180	(32)
Erratum World Disaster Report 2001	184
Reported deaths from all disasters 1992-2001	172	(1)
Reported numbers of people affected by all disasters 1992-2001	172	(1)
Estimated damage by all disasters 1992-2001	173	(3)
ODA net disbursements in 2000	176	(1)
ODA as a percentage of DAC donors' GNP, 2000	176	(1)
Emergency/distress relief by DAC donors in 2000	177	(8)
Total number of reported disasters, by continent and by year (1992 to 2001)	185	(1)
Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and by year (1992 to 2001)	186	(1)
Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and by year (1992 to 2001) in thousands	187	(1)
Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by year (1992 to 2001) in millions of US dollars (2001 prices)	188	(1)
Total number of reported disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001)	189	(1)
Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001)	190	(1)
Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001) in thousands	191	(1)
Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001) in millions of US dollars (2001 prices)	192	(1)
Total number of reported disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001)	193	(1)
Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001)	194	(1)
Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001) in thousands	195	(1)
Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001) in millions of US dollars (2001 prices)	196	(1)
Total number of people reported killed and affected by disasters, by country (1982-1991; 1992-2001; and 2001)	197	(7)
Refugees and asylum seekers by country/territory of origin (1995 to 2001)	204	(2)
Refugees and asylum seekers by host country/territory (1995 to 2001)	206	(4)
Significant populations of internally displaced people (1995 to 2001)	210	(2)
International Federation overview	212	(4)
IDRL development continues	214	(2)
The Movement: a worldwide presence	216	(14)
A global network	230	(6)
Index	236