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Building resilience to tsunami in the Indian Ocean: action research, IEC and practices
This report on Project Selamat, aimed at building community level coping capacities towards long-term resilience as a direct implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), describes the activities of academic institutions working with NGOs and governments on a collaborative model of a locally appropriate process of institutionalizing risk reduction. It covers the period from September 2007 to March 2009.- Date:
- 2009
- Author(s):
- Shaw, Rajib
- Pages:
- 12 p.
- Sources:
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- European Union (EU)
- Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN)
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (UNISDR AP)
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- Themes:
- Capacity Development, Civil Society/NGOs, Education & School Safety, Social Impacts & Resilience
- Hazards:
- Tsunami
- Regions:
- Asia
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The Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2013.
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