Evaluaciones

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Report for TS Sendong was a huge team effort. The PDNA Team was composed of many hard-working individuals and stakeholders, who comprised the Sector Assessment Teams, the Local Coordination Team, and…

New study shows how active disaster risk management reduces losses and protects communities LOS CABOS, MEXICO, June 16, 2012 - The leaders of the world’s largest economies, meeting at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, have…

Background and Vulnerability to Disasters Indonesia is located on three tectonic plates, a ring of fire with 128 active volcanoes (15% of all active volcanoes in the world), and has the largest archipelago with more than 17…

Executive summary The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011 led to releases of radioactive material into the environment from the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. This report describes an initial…

Key Findings The 2011 monsoon harvest saw significant crop failures in Madupi and northern Paletwa. Paddy and maize production fell by 48% and 54% in Madupi respectively, and by 58% and 45% in northern Paletwa. Likewise, over…

Union Council Ranking is a Geographical Prioritization Exercise jointly conducted by UNDP and UNOCHA on behalf of humanitarian community in 16 notified districts of Sindh during February-March 2012. Executive Summary In the backdrop of under-funded flash appeal for…

1 . Key concerns General Some families are leaving members in unsafe areas of Bara and/or are planning on returning to unsafe areas of Bara. In some instances, families appeared to believe they had no other viable option. Several…

1.0 Executive Summary The Inter-agency Rapid Assessment is a broad analysis of the off-camp IDPs arriving from Khyber Agency into the districts of Peshawar, Nowshera and Kohat in KP in the first quarter of 2012. The following report…

Executive Summary This Initial Observation Report illustrates the situation of 45 off-camp Internally Displaced People (IDP) communities at District Peshawar in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Fresh IDP influx from Tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency started to…

THE DISASTER 1.1 Introduction Thailand is no stranger to natural disasters. The country has a long history of drought and flood cycles in seasonal variance. Flooding occurs every year in the Chao Phraya River Basin. Tropical storm cycles…