Download or read book A Guide to Disaster Risk Management in Northern Territory Aboriginal Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to Disaster Risk Management in Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities written by Alice Zamecka and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander communities in areas where disasters can happen could suffer from great damage to the community. This guide will help you go through the disaster risk management process within these communities.

Download or read book Northern Territory Emergency Response written by Australia. Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction written by Rajib Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous Knowledge (IK) has been practised in communities over time. There are several news after major disasters on how these IK has been effective to protect the lives and properties of people and communities. Some of the IK has been orally transmitted and some are documented by local organisations sporadically. Asia, being one of the most disaster prone areas in the world, people and communities has developed their coping mechanisms over time, which is reflected in the form of IK. While many organisations recognise the importance of IK for disaster risk reduction (DRR), there has been few systematic study on analysing the principles of IK and its applicability to the modern context. The book is one of the first and unique attempts of systematic study of IK in DRR. The key challenge will start after the publishing of the book: to make it a useful reference materials for decision making, research, implementation and documentation. The target of the book is professionals, practitioners, researchers and graduate students in the related field.

Download or read book Disaster Resilience written by Douglas Paton and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Events such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese earthquakes and tsunamis in 2011 have provided unfortunate reminders of the susceptibility of many communities to devastating losses from natural hazards. These events provided graphic illustrations of how extreme hazard events adversely impact on people, affect communities and disrupt the community and societal mechanisms that serve to organize and sustain community capacities and functions. However, there is much that communities can do to mitigate their risk and manage disaster consequences. The construct that epitomizes how this is done is resilience. The contents of this volume provide valuable insights into how societal resilience can be developed and sustained. This considerably expanded new edition presents major topics of: Coexisting with Natural Hazards; Urban Resilience in Asia; Lifelines and Urban Resilience; Business Continuity in Disaster; Hazard Mitigation in Communities; Hazard Readiness and Resilience; Child Citizenship in Disaster Risk; Old Age and Resilience; Gender and Disaster Resilience; Impact of High Functionality on Resilience; Art and Resilience; Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Coping with Hazards; Religious Practices and Resilience; Living in Harmony with our Environment; Critical Incidence Response; Governance; Heat Wave Resilience; Wildfire Disaster Resilience; and Progress and Challenges to Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. This exceptional book brings together contributions from international experts in core areas and includes chapters that provide and overarching framework within which the need for interrelationships between levels to be developed is discussed. The book will be an outstanding resource for those researching or teaching courses in emergency management, disaster management, community development, environmental planning and urban development. In addition, it will serve law enforcement and emergency agencies, welfare agencies, and professionals in applied psychology.

Download or read book Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction written by Gopal Krishna Panda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2024-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book seeks to comprehend how indigenous knowledge systems of local communities can be effectively used in disaster management of various types. A prime example is the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, promoting indigenous environmental management knowledge and practices. Traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples includes information and insight that supplement conventional science and environmental observations, a comprehensive understanding of the environment, natural resources, culture, and human interactions with them which is not documented before. A great deal of this knowledge have been lost in translation. In this book, the authors attempt to keep a record of each and every traditional knowledge study of the indigenous communities in managing the disasters. The use of indigenous knowledge systems in disaster understanding and management is the primary focus of the chapters. This book is organized into four major sections. Thefirst part gives an overview and help in conceptualizing the different concepts of hazard and disaster perception and how response and adaptation are connected with it. This part also discusses the concept of the connection between hazard and sustainable development and how the understanding of risk reduction and resilience can happen with the help of indigenous knowledge, insights, and strategies. The second part of the book introduces the different approaches to disaster and risk management. It establishes how vulnerability influences the risk associated with a hazard and the responses can be both positive and negative in disaster management. The approaches of the indigenous communities in managing a disaster, their resilience, capacity building, and community-based preparedness will be the area of prime focus in this chapter. Part 3 of this book describes the concept of sustainability through indigenous knowledge and practice. The sole highlight of this chapter is the indigenous knowledge efficacies in disaster identification, risk reduction, climate risk management, and climate action. The last section of the book explores how to meet the gaps between local knowledge and policy formulation. It highlights how traditional knowledge of the indigenous communities can prove to be beneficial in developing a holistic regional-based policy framework which will be easily accepted by the target stakeholders since they will be more acquainted with the local strategies and methods. This section ends with an assessment and discussion of the gaps and future scopes in disaster risk reduction through integrating local knowledge and modern technologies.

Download or read book Disaster Resilience Management and Preparedness in Aboriginal Communities in Darwin and Palmerston written by Michaela Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the final report to the government from the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) Taskforce. This report period is from June 2007 to June 2008. The aim of the NTER is to protect children and make communities safe as well as creating a better future for Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.

Download or read book Improving Emergency Management Outcomes for Remote Indigenous Communities in Northern Australia written by Australia. Department of Transport and Regional Services and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lifelines Northern Territory written by Counter Disaster Council and published by . This book was released on 2000* with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Observations on the Northern Territory Emergency Response in Australia written by United Nations. Office of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Incident Management written by Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience and published by . This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Incident Management Handbook presents nationally agreed principles for good practice in incident management. It draws on and complements current good practice and provides guidance to entities in establishing an effective incident management capability.The handbook is for use by:· private sector businesses· critical infrastructure owners and operators· non-government and not-for-profit organisations· event organisers· educational institutions· emergency management and service agencies· entities with incident management responsibilities.The handbook is not intended to be agency or industry specific. It provides generic guidance on principles for good practices in incident management.

Download or read book A Community based Review of the Northern Territory Emergency Response written by Gary Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a quantitative and qualitative study of the impact of the Northern Territory Emergency Response on the Aboriginal communities of Barunga, Wugularr, Eva Valley, Kalano, and associated outstations, within the Katherine East region of the Northern Territory. This research presents a range of findings and recommendations, geared towards assisting in delivery of the aims of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) as stated in the Terms of Reference for the NTER Review Board."-- P. 4.

Download or read book Disaster Risk Management written by Alice Zamecka and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide has been produced to assist local governments in planning and undertaking their own disaster risk management process.

Download or read book A Short Guide to Counter Disaster Principles Underlying Studies and Teachings at the Australian Counter Disaster College and the Development of the Northern Territory Emergency Service written by and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Investing in Resilience written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing in Resilience: Ensuring a Disaster-Resistant Future focuses on the steps required to ensure that investment in disaster resilience happens and that it occurs as an integral, systematic part of development. At-risk communities in Asia and the Pacific can apply a wide range of policy, capacity, and investment instruments and mechanisms to ensure that disaster risk is properly assessed, disaster risk is reduced, and residual risk is well managed. Yet, real progress in strengthening resilience has been slow to date and natural hazards continue to cause significant loss of life, damage, and disruption in the region, undermining inclusive, sustainable development. Investing in Resilience offers an approach and ideas for reflection on how to achieve disaster resilience. It does not prescribe specific courses of action but rather establishes a vision of a resilient future. It stresses the interconnectedness and complementarity of possible actions to achieve disaster resilience across a wide range of development policies, plans, legislation, sectors, and themes. The vision shows how resilience can be accomplished through the coordinated action of governments and their development partners in the private sector, civil society, and the international community. The vision encourages “investors” to identify and prioritize bundles of actions that collectively can realize that vision of resilience, breaking away from the current tendency to pursue disparate and fragmented disaster risk management measures that frequently trip and fall at unforeseen hurdles. Investing in Resilience aims to move the disaster risk reduction debate beyond rhetoric and to help channel commitments into investment, incentives, funding, and practical action

Download or read book Submission of Background Material to the Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board written by Australia. Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This submission provides background information on the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) and a description of the governance, funding arrangements and the measures and sub-measures through which the NTER was implemented in remote Northern Territory communities up to 30 June 2008"--Foreword.