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 Asian
Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC):
The United Nations has been promoting the International Decade
for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) throughout the 1990s to
reduce damage from natural disasters worldwide through
international cooperative initiatives. It is crucial to
promote international cooperation at the level of regions that
share aspects of disaster vulnerability and disaster
countermeasures. The center hosts databases on experiences and
studies related to earthquakes. A regional information
center with on-line access to bibliographic references;
systemized data about experts, institutions, courses and
websites; and full-text documents mainly from Latin America
and the Caribbean region.
Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, 651-0073 Japan; Tel: (078)
230-0346; Fax: (078) 230-0347; E-mail:
rep@adrc.or.jp
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Go to
http://www.adrc.or.jp/center.asp
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Asian
Disaster Preparedness Center:
ADPC
is a regional resource center
working towards disaster reduction for safer communities
and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
Established in 1986, the Center is recognized as an important
neutral focal point in Asia and the Pacific for promoting
disaster awareness and the development of local capabilities
to foster institutionalized disaster management and mitigation
policies. Go to http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/general/adpc.html
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Emergency Management Australia Institute:
EMA provides national leadership in the development of measures to reduce risk to communities and manage the consequences of disasters.Activities conducted by the Institute include seminars and workshops, education and training courses delivered residentially or on location, post-disaster impact studies and other forms of applied research and consultancies in aspects of emergency management training and education. Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon, Victoria 3441, Australia; Tel: + 61 3 5421 5100; Fax: +61 3 5421 5272; Email:
emamtm@ema.gov.au
Go to http://www.ema.gov.au
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Benfield
Greig Hazard Research Centre
In
response to great demand, the next two years will see the
launch of a suite of new natural hazard and risk courses at
University College London.
University College London, Department of Geological
Sciences; Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT; Tel +44 (0)20 7679
3449/3637; Fax +44 (0)20 7679 2390;
Email: info@bghrc.com,
Go to
http://www.bghrc.com
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Bilham,
Roger: Global Urbanization and Increased Seismic Risk
By the year 2025
more than 5500 million people will live in cities - more than
our entire 1990 combined rural and urban population. The
growth of these giant urban agglomerations is a new experiment
for life on Earth. Tragically, a significant fraction of the
largest of these agglomerations (supercities and megacities)
are located close to regions of known seismic hazard. Go to http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/globalEQfatalities.html
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Canadian
Center for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP):
CCEP is mandated to assist
communities, governments & private business prepare for,
prevent, respond to, and recover from man-made or natural
disasters.
P.O.Box 2911, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3R5; Tel: (905) 546-3911;
Fax:(905) 546-2489; E-mail: Communications@epc-pcc.gc.ca,
Go
to http://www.ccep.ca/
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CEPREDENAC:
Disaster Technical Assistance
The
Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in
Central America was established to coordinate and strengthen
the capacity of the region as a whole to reduce the
vulnerability of the population to the effects of these
phenomena. Go
to : http://www.cepredenac.org/11_engl/11_index.htm
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Canadian
Institute of Climate Studies:
The Canadian
Institute for Climate Studies (CICS) is a not-for-profit
Canadian corporation initiated by the Meteorological Service
of Canada and the Province of British Columbia in order to
further the understanding of the climate system, its
variability and potential for change and the application of
that understanding to decision making in both the public and
private sectors. Go to http://www.cics.uvic.ca
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Canadian
Red Cross:
Canadian Red
Cross helps people affected by emergencies and disasters –
situations ranging from a house -fire to a flood that disrupts
an entire region of the country. Following a disaster, Red
Cross works with governments and other humanitarian
organizations to provide for people's basic needs – food,
clothing, shelter, first aid, emotional support and family
reunification. The specific services offered will be based on
the community's needs and the role that Red Cross has in the
local disaster response plan. Contact:
1430 Blair Place, Gloucester, Ontario, K1J 1G2; Tel:
(613)740-1900; Fax: (613)740-1911, Go to http://www.redcross.ca/english/disasterservices/
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Center
for International
Disaster Information
Since
1988 VITA's Center for International Disaster information has
handled hundreds of thousands of public inquiries related to
international emergencies. The Center, operated under a
grant from the United States Agency for International
Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and
initial support from IBM, has become a valuable resource to
the public, as well as US government agencies, foreign
embassies and international corporations. Go to http://www.cidi.org/disaster/
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Center
for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance:
The CDMHA
undertakes education, training and research in the areas of
disaster management and humanitarian assistance with a focus
on Latin America and the Caribbean. The CDMHA seeks to
build partnerships with nations, NGOs and other key disaster
management organizations and help increase operational
readiness in order to meet the diverse humanitarian needs of
that area. Contact: 13201 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL 33612.
Go to http://www.cdmha.org
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Centre
for Disaster Studies:
The Centre for
Disaster Studies is a multi disciplinary unit presently housed
in the School of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography.
Formerly it was an independent centre that reported through a
Management Committee to Council. The Centre received a small
budget from the university, which paid for a half time
research officer who organi zed the activities of the centre,
and a small contribution towards office and stationery costs.
Contact: James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811,
Go to http://www.tesag.jcu.edu.au/cds/cdsweb.htm
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Centre
for Science and Environment:
The Centre for
Science and Environment is one of India’s leading
environmental NGOs with a deep interest in sustainable natural
resource management. CSE’s strategy of "knowledge
based activism" has won it wide respect and
admiration for the quality of its campaigns, research and
publications which are trying to bring about change in an
extremely difficult situation. Go
to http://www.cseindia.org/index.html
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CISPES
(Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador)
We
are a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting the
Salvadoran people's struggle for self-determination and social
and economic justice. The alternative that they are
building--an alternative based upon democratic and socialist
ideals--is an example to all people who seek a world free of
domination and exploitation. We support that alternative
because we believe that capitalism is a fundamentally unjust,
oppressive and ecologically unsustainable economic system. Go
to
http://www.cispes.org
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Civil
Coordinator for Emergency and Reconstruction - CCER Nicaragua
The Civil
Coordinator for Emergency and Reconstruction is a coalition of
more than 350 social movements, non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), sectoral networks, territorial networks, producers'
associations, unions and federations that decided to work
together, actively participating in the emergency relief
efforts. Go to http://www.ccer-nic.org/ehome.htm
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Center
for Disease Control and Prevention:
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized
as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and
safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible
information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health
through strong partnerships.
Go to http://www.cdc.gov/aboutcdc.htm
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Center
for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian
Assistance:
COE specializes in integrated training, education and
research. Information on their training program can be found
on the website. Contact: Tripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road (MCPA-DM),
Tripler AMC, Hawaii, USA 96859-5000; Tel: 808-433-7035; Fax:
808-433-1757; Email: pr@coe-dmha.org
Go to
http://coe-dmha.org/website/index.htm
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Center
for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters:
The Centre for
Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) was
established in 1973 as a non-profit institution, with
international status under the Belgian Law. It is located
within the School of Public Health of the Université
Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Brussels. CRED became a World
health Organi zation Collaborating Centre in 1980 and has
expanded its support of the WHO Global Programme for Emergency
Preparedness and Response. Contact:
School of Public Health, Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL),
30.94 Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Tel:
+32 (0) 2 764.33.27; Fax: +32 (0) 2 764.34.41; Email: cred@epid.ucl.ac.be,
Go to http://www.cred.be/centre/intro.html
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Community
Preparedness Website Project:
The purpose of this site
is…To help insure that the needs and concerns of vulnerable
populations are addressed in the area of emergency
preparedness and response. To achieve this, community-based
organizations must be more fully integrated into emergency
management. Community-based organizations are often the best
resource for a particular population. They bring a level of
expertise and awareness of the community that is not often
possible with the larger, traditional emergency service
providers. Go to http://www.preparenow.org
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CRID
Regional Disaster Information Center Latin America and the
Caribbean:
The Regional
Disaster Information Center (CRID for its Spanish acronym) is
an initiative sponsored by six organizations that decided to
join efforts to ensure the compilation and dissemination of
disaster-related information in Latin America and the
Caribbean. Contact: P.O.Box : 3745-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica; Tel.: (506)
296-3952; Fax: (506) 231-5973; E-mail: crid@crid.or.cr
Go to http://www.crid.or.cr/crid/index.htm
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Disaster
Center:
A year and a half ago I stopped
the work I had been doing I for three years -- working on
better ways to use digital means to deliver the disaster
message. Digital means of communication are being used
to save lives and property. Yet, equally these means can be
used to oppress and to cause harm. I came upon such a
situation related to the employment hiring practices, wherein
individuals were illegally being required to provide
information, so that an illegally undertaken criminal
background check could be performed. Go to http://www.disastercenter.com
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DesInventar:
Deslnventar is a data processing tool about
disasters, useful for comparative research projects. It can be
used by researchers, institutions, agencies, disaster's
prevention/mitigation, planification's and decision's making
organisms, from local to international scales. A Disaster's
Inventory System, a data registration methodology about
characteristics and effects of several kinds of disasters, focused
in small and medium disasters. Go to http://www.desinventar.org/en/index.html
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Disaster
and Social Crisis Research Network (D&SCRN):
The purpose of the
Disaster & Social Crisis Research Network (D&SCRN) is
to promote the study, research and analysis of
"natural", "technological" and
"social" disasters with a view to contributing to
the development of disaster-resilient European communities and
preventing or mitigating the human, economic, social, cultural
and psychological effects of disasters. Go to
http://www.apu.ac.uk/geography/d&scrn/
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Disaster
Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, University
of Cape Town:
DiMP is located at the
University of Cape Town (Department of Environmental and
Geographical Sciences), Cape Town, South Africa, the programme
aims to promote disaster mitigation as one strategy for
sustainable development. The unit encourages the integration
of disaster mitigation strategies with development programmes,
particularly those targeted to economically vulnerable
communities. DiMP carries out its mission in three principal
areas: collaborative research, policy advocacy, education
& training. Go to http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/dimp/
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Disaster
Recovery Institute, Canada:
DRI Canada provides valuable services, certification and
international standards for contingency planning and business
continuity professionals. Contact: P.O. Box 2911, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3R5,
1-888-728-DRIC; Tel: 905.546.2867; Fax 905.546.2489; E-mail: info@dri.ca,
Go to http://www.dri.ca
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Disaster
Recovery Institute, International:
DRI
International was founded in 1988 to provide a base of common
knowledge in contingency planning, a rapidly growing industry.
DRII also administers the industry's
premier global certification program for qualified business
continuity / disaster recovery planners. Contact:
111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046-4513; Tel: (703)
538-1792; Fax: (703)- 241-5603; E-mail: DRIINFO@dr.org,
Go to
http://www.drii.org/
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Disaster
Resource:
Disaster Resources,
provides access to information on disaster preparedness
and recovery for the State of Illinois and the Internet
community. Information is available from the University of
Illinois Extension, along with links to disaster agencies,
organizations, and information networks. E-mail: a-ebata@uiuc.edu,
Go to http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/disaster.html
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Disaster
Services, Department Of Mental Health: The
Department of Mental Health is designated in the State
Emergency Operations Plan (SEOP) as the agency charged with
the responsibility for providing mental health support
to disaster victims, workers, and volunteers. Contact: 1706 E. Elm, P.O. Box 687, Jefferson City, MO 65102; Tel:
(573) 751-2693; Fax: (573) 751-8069; Email: disast@mail.dmh.state.mo.us, Go to http://modmh.state.mo.us/homeinfo/progs/disaster.html
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DRM
World Institute of Disaster Risk Management:
DRM is a
network for applied research, implementation, and
dissemination in the field of disaster risk management. It is
an initiative of the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of
Technology and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University in conjunction with the ProVention Consortium of
the World Bank. Contact: Alexandria Research Institute, 206 North Washington Street,
Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA; Tel: 703 581 8080; Fax:
703 518 8085. Go to
http://www.drmonline.net/
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Earthquakes
and Megacities Initiative:
EMI is an
international scientific non-governmental organization
dedicated to the acceleration of earthquake preparedness,
mitigation and recovery of large urban areas (i.e. megacities).
EMI is a catalyst for the delivery of scientific and technical
knowledge to the end-users. EMI focuses its efforts on
developing capacity in megacities of the developing world
where the effects of earthquakes could be devastating to the
people, their economy, their culture, and their environment.
Go to http://www-megacities.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/
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Emergency
Preparedness and Information Exchange (EPIX):
EPIX is operated by the Centre for Policy Research on Science
and Technology (CPROST), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver,
Canada. The website provides many useful links to web
resources relating to emergency preparedness information,
research, training and conferences, as well as natural hazards
information. Contact: Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, 515 West
Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 5K3; Tel: (604)
291-5114; Fax: (604) 291-5169; E-mail:
anderson@sfu.ca, Go
to http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/~anderson/
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Emergency
Preparedness Canada:
The
Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency
Preparedness, On February
5, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced the creation of the
Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency
Preparedness. The Minister of National Defence will be the
Minister responsible for the organization, which will also
encompass the existing functions of Emergency Preparedness
Canada. Contact: Communications Directorate, 122 Bank Street, 2nd Floor,
Ottawa, Ont.K1A 0W6; Tel: (613) 991-7077/ 1-800-830-3118; Fax:
(613) 998-9589, Go to http://www.epc-pcc.gc.ca/whoweare/index_e.html
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Emergency
Preparedness Service:
Disaster and
emergency preparedness supplies & kits. Supplies for,
individuals, schools, business and government agencies.
Contact:
5511-6 TH. Ave. South, Seattle, WA. 98108; Tel: 206-762-0889;
Fax: 206-762-1040; E-mail: eps@gte.net,
Go to http://www.emprep.com/index.html
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Gender
and Disaster Network:
The Gender and
Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by women
and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts.
It emerged from an early morning meeting during the July 1997
Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center workshop in
Denver, Colorado. Understanding that communication technology
is not fully accessible and that we work in many languages and
contexts, we hope to utilize the Internet in the support of a
global network of researchers and practitioners. Go to http://www.apu.ac.uk/geography/gdn/
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GeoHazards:
GeoHazards International (GHI)
was established in 1993 as a nonprofit organization to reduce
death and injury caused by earthquakes in the world's most
vulnerable communities. GHI is a global network of people
alarmed by the world’s growing earthquake risk, aware of
methods that could reduce human suffering, and determined to
help. Go to: http://www.geohaz.org/ginfo/ghi.htm
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Global
Emergency Management Systems:
The Global
Emergency Management System is an online, searchable database
containing links to Websites in a variety of categories that
are related in some way to emergency management. In most cases
there is also a brief description of what the Website offers.
Go to http://www.app1.fema.gov/gems/
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Global
Health Disaster Network (GHDNet):
This site, supported by Department of Emergency Medicine,
Ehime University, Japan, has links to not only emergency
medical service and emergency medicine, but also to
disaster-related networks, news sources and journals.
Go to http://apollo.m.ehime-u.ac.jp/GHDNet
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Global
Health Network: The
Global health network is the initiative of University of
University of Pittsburgh. The initiative has support from
NASA. We are trying to put in resources from across the globes
on databases of disaster related health services and
organizations. Go to http://www.pitt.edu/~iml1/diabetes/ghnetspa.txt
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Hazard
Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University,
College of Architecture:
The Hazard
Reduction and Recovery center (HRRC) was established at Texas
A&M University in 1989. The center engages in research in
hazard mitigation, disaster preparedness, response and
recovery. The staff of the HRRC is interdisciplinary in nature
and includes the expertise of architects, information
technology specialists, political scientists, strategists,
emergency managers, planners, geographers, psychologists and
sociologists. Go to http://hrrc.tamu.edu/
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Human
Rights links:
The United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today, in New York, the
recipients
of the United Nations Human Rights Awards for 1998
at a ceremony held on the occasion of the celebration, by the
General Assembly, of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Recipients for 1998 are: Go to http://www.igc.org/igc/issues/hr/
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Human
Settlements Division (HSD), AIT- Best Practices from Asia:
Below is a list of
Best Practices from Asia submitted to the Best Practices
Initiative of the Habitat II Conference and available on this
web site. The texts of these Best Practices are edited
versions of the submissions to Conference and follow a
standard format: problem - approach - impact. Every effort has
been made to present a comprehensive picture of the practice,
but some submissions did not provide sufficient information to
understand fully the problem, the approach or the impact of
the practice. Go to http://www.hsd.ait.ac.th/bestprac/bplist.htm
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Humanitarian
Practice Network:
The Overseas
Development Institute is Britain's leading independent
think-tank on international development and humanitarian
issues. Go to http://www.odihpn.org/
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Humanist
Institute for Cooperation with Developing
Countries:
http://www.hivos.nl/english/index.html
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IDNDR
Homepage:
Contact:
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; Tel. (41.22)
917 9711; Fax (41.22) 91790 98/99; Email: idndr@un.org,
Go to http://www.idndr.org
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IDNDR
Urban Earthquake Risk Reduction Program (RADIUS)
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IIED's
Human Settlements Program
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Institute
for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
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Inter-Agency
Committee on Science and Technology
Southampton Oceanography Centre, European Way, Empress Dock,
Southampton. SO14 3ZH
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Intermediate
Technology Development Group (ITDG)
ITDG is an international development agency and British
registered charity which works with rural communities in Asia,
African and Latin America. Its aim is to enable poor people to
develop and use skills and technologies, giving them more
control over their lives. The website gives an overview of
their programs and publications.
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International
Association of Emergency Managers
111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046-4513; Tel:
703-538-1795; Fax: 703-241-5603; Email: info@iaem.com
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International
Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
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International
Critical Incidence Stress Foundation
10176 Baltimore National Pike, Unit 201,Ellicott City, MD
21042; Tel:(410) 750-9600; Fax:(410) 750-9601; E-mail: icisf@icisf.org
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International
Federation for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Asia Pacific Regional Website
This website has information on IFRC's activities in the Asia
Pacific countries, the latest disaster news, disaster
preparedness guidelines, a directory of IFRC contacts in the
Asia Pacific region and a photo gallery.
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International
Institute for Disaster Risk Management
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International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
To continue the efforts initiated during the International
Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) the United
Nations has established an International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction (ISDR). This new website provides information on the
ISDR; a list of ISDR and ISDR-related events; on-line versions
of the ISDR "Highlights" newsletter; descriptions of
various ISDR initiatives; and numerous reports, tools,
brochures and UN documents.
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; Tel:
(41.22) 917 9711; Fax: (41.22) 91790 98/99; E-mail:isdr@un.org
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Making
Cities Work
Office of Environment and Urban Programs,U.S. Agency for
International Development, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 3rd
Floor, Washington, DC 20523; Tel: (202) 712-1750; Fax: (202)
216-3174; E-mail: dpainter@usaid.gov
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NASA:
Natural Disaster Reference Database
A search service provided by the NASA Solid Earth and Natural
Hazard Program with a comprehensive list of links to
disaster-related sites. Go to "links tree" for a
list of the links available.
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National
Drought Mitigation Center
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Natural
Hazards Center, Colorado
This is an excellent site having a comprehensive coverage of
disaster-related information organized in an easy to read way.
Besides having a searchable on-line library database as well
as its in-house newsletters "Disaster Research" and
"Natural Hazards Observer, this site gives indices to
sources of information relating to disasters with regards to
recent publications, journals, organizations, training
centers, and conferences and workshops. It also reports
regularly on the research conducted.
Campus Box 482, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
80309-0482, USA; Tel: (303) 492-6818; Fax: (303) 492-2151;
E-mail: hazctr@colorado.edu
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Near
Earth Objects
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Northwest Medical Teams
Volunteers with Northwest Medical Teams International have
responded to disasters around the globe since 1979. Teams have
provided relief to thousands of helpless victims. When
disasters strike, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods,
famines, or war, NWMTI is on the scene treating serious
injuries, preventing the outbreak of disease, feeding the
hungry, and training nationals to meet their ongoing health
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North
American Center for Emergency Communication
103 West 3rd Avenue North, Aurora, MN 55705 USA; Tel:
1-218-229-2887; E-mail: nacec@nacec.org
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Oscar
Romero University (named for slain Salvadoran priest, Oscar
Romero)
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Pan
American Health Organization
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) serves as the
specialized organization for health of the Inter-American
System. PAHOÕs involvement in disaster relief and mitigation
can be found on this website.
Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World
Health Organization,525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.,
Washington,
D.C. 20037,United States of America; Tel: (202)974-3000; Fax:
(202)974-3663
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Pacific
Disaster Centre
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Radix
- Radical Interpretations of Disaster
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Relief
Web
ReliefWeb, a project of the United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), is an extremely
valuable electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely
information on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters.
The web site contains daily information updates on
humanitarian emergencies and a searchable database dating back
to 1981.
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Reuters
Alert Net
This website provides latest news from Reuters for the
international disaster relief community. It contains relief
news and trends, public information announcements, emergency
helplines and news from aid agencies.
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Risk
World
Is a comprehensive collection of risk-related news, views and
information, including ecological risks, environmental risks,
technological risks, human health risks. It publishes
abstracts of journal articles, synopsis of research work and
provides links to pre-published works. Also available on this
site are lists of risk-related books. Other services include,
announcements of events, software, press releases, fellowships
and grants, calls for papers, news groups, reports and papers,
and employment.
E-mail: abbott@tec-com.com
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Saludy
Desastres en Centroamerica
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SEEDS
(The Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development
Society )
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South
Pacific Applied GeoSciece Commission
SOPAC Secretariat, Private Mail Bag, GPO, Suva, Fiji Islands
South Pacific Applied GeoSciece Commission
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UNDP
Emergency Response Division (ERD)
The Emergency Response Division (ERD) is the mechanism set up
to provide a more effective emergency response in UNDP's
Country Offices in Countries in Special Development Situations
(CSDS). Information on ERD and their activities relating to
disaster management can be found on their website.
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United
Nations Institute for Social Research
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Urban
Development/ World Bank
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Virginia
Disaster Stress Intervention Home Page
Lennis G. Echterling, Ph.D., VDSI Project Supervisor Virginia
Disaster Stress Intervention Home Page James Madison
University, Psychology Department, Johnston Hall,
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
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WHO
Healthy Cities Program
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World
Assembly of Urban Inhabitants
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World
Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
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World
Bank's Disaster Management Facility (DMF)
The DMF which was formed in July 1998 takes action by
providing operational support, promoting capacity-building,
and establishing partnerships with the international and
scientific community working on disaster issues. The website
offers information on DMF activities, articles from recent and
back issues of the World BankÕs Urban Age Magazine, disaster
news and updates, World Bank publications and more.
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World
Resources 1996-7: The Urban Environment
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UN
and International Organizations
Department
for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis (DESIPA)
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International
Organization for Migration (IOM)
Official
WEB Site Locator for the United Nations
Relief
Web
UN
ACC Sub-Committee on Nutrition
UN
Development Programme (UNDP)
UN
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UN
Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
UNDP
Disaster Management Unit in Viet Nam (DMU)
UNDP
Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia
United
Nations Center for Regional Development Disaster Management
Planning Hyogo Office
United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United
Nations Development Fund for Women
United
Nations Environment Program
United
Nations Framework Covention for Climate Change
United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
United
Nations Home Page
United
Nations India
United
Nations Office of the Iraq Programme
United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East
United
Nations Research Institute for Social Development
United
Nations Volunteers
WHO
Regional Office for Europe
WHO/Division
of Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA)
World
Food Programme (WFP)
World
Health Organization (WHO)
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International Donor
Organizations
Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
Australian
Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Canadian
International Development Agency
Department
for International Development (DFID)
European
Community Humanitarian Office
German
Technological Cooperation
Japanese
International Cooperation Agency
Office
of Foreign Disaster Assistance
United
Nations Center for Human Settlements-HABITAT (UNCHS)
US
Agency for International Development (USAID)
World
Bank
World
Bank - European Commission: Economic Reconstruction and
Development in South East Europe
Oxfam USA
http://www.intac.com/PubService/rwanda/fund/oxfam.html
Non-profit agency that collaborates occasionally with six
other independent Oxfams around the world. Oxfam America funds
disaster relief and a variety of Self-help development
projects carried out by indigenous groups.
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World Bank: Disaster
Management Facility (DMF)
The Disaster Management
Facility (DMF) aims to reduce human suffering and economic
losses caused by natural and technological disasters. We do
this by helping the World Bank provide a more strategic and
rapid response to disasters, and promoting the integration of
disaster prevention and mitigation efforts into the range of
development activities.
http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/dmf/
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Regional Agencies (Asian
& others)
Association
of South East Asian Nations
ASEAN
Reagional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting
ASEAN
Reagional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting Disaster Relief
South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
South
Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP)
The
United States-Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP)
LARED
LATINA
United
Nations Economic and Social Commissions for Asia and the
Pacific
United
Nations Center for Human Settlements
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National Organizations
AUSTRALIA
| AFRICA |
BANGLADESH
| BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM | CAMBODIA
| CHINA | FRANCE
| INDIA | INDONESIA
| JAPAN | LAO
PDR | MALAYSIA
| MONGOLIA | MYANMAR
| NEPAL | NEW
ZEALAND | PAKISTAN
| PHILIPPINES
| SINGAPORE | SRI
LANKA | SWISS
| THAILAND | U.K
| U.S.A | VIETNAM
AUSTRALIA
Emergency
Management Australia (EMA) Canberra
Melbourne
Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board
Bureau
of Meteorology, Australia, Department of Environment and
Heritage
AFRICA
Technisches
HilfsWerk (THW: German Federal Agency for Technical Relief)
Regional Office for Africa
BANGLADESH
Cooperative
Assistance for Relief Everywhere (CARE)
International
Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies
Bangladesh
Red Cresent Society (BDRCS)
Bangladesh
Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC)
Flood
Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC), Bangladesh Water
Development Board
Bangladesh
Meteorological Department
PACT
Bangladesh
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
Brunei
Darussalam Red Cross Society
The
Brunei Meteorological Service
CAMBODIA
Cambodian
Red Cross
PACT
Cambodia
CHINA
Red
Cross Society of China
China
Meteorological Administration
UNDP
China
FRANCE
France:
Ministere des Affaires etrangeres
INDIA
Indian
Red Cross Society
Indian
Institute of Tropical Meteorology
UNDP
India
Tata
Energy Research Institute
Housing
and Urban Development Corporation Ltd.
Ministry
of Urban Development
INDONESIA
Indonesian
Red Cross
Indonesian
Meteorological Department BMG
PACT
Indonesia
UNDP
Indonesia
JAPAN
Japanese
Red Cross Society
Japanese
Meteorological Agency
LAO PDR
Lao
Red Cross
PACT
Lao
MALAYSIA
Malaysian
Meteorological Service
MONGOLIA
PACT
Mongolia
MYANMAR
Myanmar
Red Cross Society
PACT
Myanmar
NEPAL
PACT
Nepal
NEW
ZEALAND
Meteorological
Service of New Zealand Ltd.
PAKISTAN
Pakistan
Red Cross Society
Pakistan
Meteorological Department
PHILIPPINES
The
Philippines National Red Cross
PAGASA
UNDP
Philippines
SINGAPORE
Singapore
Red Cross Society
Meteorological
Service of Singapore
SRI LANKA
Sri
Lanka Red Cross Society
SWISS
Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation
Swiss
Disaster Relief Unit
Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation
Swiss
Disaster Relief Unit
THAILAND
Thai
Red Cross Society
Thai
Meteorological Department
UNDP
Thailand
U.K
British
Civil Defense
Department
for International Development
Department
for International Development
USA
U.S.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S.
Department of State
VIETNAM
Disaster
Management Unit
International
Federation of Red Cross Delegation
PACT
Vietnam
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Other
Organizations:
A major resource
for UN organizations, Institutes & Organization working in
disaster management is at: http://www.reliefweb.int/training/orgs.html
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Some other
listed organizations:
AlertNet:
AlertNet
provides global news, communications and logistics
services to the international disaster relief community
and the public. Reuters 150 years' experience reporting
from disaster zones around the world allows AlertNet to
give disaster relief organizations reliable information,
fast. Go to http://www.alertnet.org
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American
Red Cross:
Each year, the American Red
Cross responds immediately to more than 67,000 disasters,
including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster
responses), hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes,
hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents,
explosions, and other natural and man-made disasters. Go to
http://www.redcross.org
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Asian
Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC):
ADPC is a
regional resource center working towards disaster
reduction for safer communities and sustainable
development in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1986,
the Center is recognized as an important neutral focal
point in Asia and the Pacific for promoting disaster
awareness and the development of local capabilities to
foster institutionalized disaster management and
mitigation policies. Go to
http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th
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California
Seismic Safety Commission:
The
mission of the Seismic Safety Commission is to provide
decision makers and the general public with cost-effective
recommendations to reduce earthquake losses and speed
recovery. Go to
http://www.seismic.ca.gov/
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Caribbean
Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA):
The Caribbean
Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) is an inter-
governmental regional disaster management organization
established in 1991 by an Agreement of Heads of Government
of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Its
headquarters are located in Barbados. Go to http://www.cdera.org
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Consortium
for International Earth Sciences Info (CIESIN):
Center for
International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
works at the intersection of the social, natural, and
information sciences. The center specializes in on-line
data and information management, spatial data integration
and training, and interdisciplinary research related to
human interactions in the environment. Go to http://www.ciesin.org/
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Disaster
Relief News:
The Disaster Relief website is
a cooperative effort between the American Red Cross, CNN
Interactive and IBM. Our mission is to help disaster victims
and the disaster relief community worldwide by facilitating
the exchange of information on the Internet. Go to http://www.disasterrelief.org
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Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute:
EERI is a national, nonprofit,
technical society of engineers, geoscientists, architects,
planners, public officials, and social scientists. EERI
members include researchers, practicing professionals,
educators, government officials, and building code
regulators. Go to http://www.eeri.org/
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G7
GEMINI Project, Global Emergency Management Information
System:
Even modest
natural disturbances can yield disastrous consequences on
human scales. Conversely, technological accidents can
result in major environmental degradation. The ability of
a nation to manage emergencies, rather than react to
crises, is critically dependant on the availability of
information that is linked through national networks.
Further, emergency management often exceeds the
capabilities of national organizations, necessitating
rapid, coordinated international response. Go to http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/epix/G7.html
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Global
Volcanism Program:
The Global
Volcanism Program (GVP) seeks better understanding of all
volcanoes through documenting their eruptions--small as
well as large--during the past 10,000 years. The range of
volcanic behavior is great enough, and volcano lifetimes
are long enough, that we must integrate observations of
contemporary activity with historical and geological
records of the recent past in order to prepare wisely for
the future. Go to http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/
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HazardNET:
HAZARDNet is
an experimental service. The data, |
