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Planes familiar de evacuación con enfoque de inclusión de personas con discapacidad

En el marco del Proyecto “Preparación a Mullti-amenaza en un contexto multicultural en el municipio de Livingston” financiado por el Departamento de Ayuda Humanitaria y Protección Civil de la Comisión Europea e implementado por Cooperación Internacional –COOPI-, uno de los objetivos fue de promover el proceso de inclusión de las personas...

Chemical (industrial) disaster management training module

This document, designed to complement a series of training courses of one week duration on risk assessment and disaster management planning for chemical disasters in India, aims to update the knowledge and skills of the participants on multi-dimensional aspects of chemical disaster risk management and emergency incident-response. It also addresses the...

Climate extreme: how young people can respond to disasters ina changing world

This "child-friendly" climate change report considers the vital role children play in community disaster risk reduction activities in Asia. Instead of seeing them as nothing more than victims in disasters, it gives children in the developing world knowledge about how to prepare and reduce risks they could face when disasters impact their communities.Presenting...

Voices of ethnic minority children: participatory video on disaster risk reduction and climate change in Vietnam

This booklet documents the participatory video methodology as an affordable and easy-to-use video tool enabling community members to record their experience and strengthen their own knowledge on disaster risks and climate change, as well as to increase their capacity to act on that knowledge and secure change.

Safari's encounter with coastal and marine hazards

UNISDR Africa educational series, vol. 4, issue 1:This booklet targets primary school children to sensitize them to the causes, impacts and mitigation of coastal and marine hazards, such as cyclone, tsunami, storm surge and flood, as well as other natural hazards such as drought, oil spill, ‘red tide' and ‘brown tide', and city fire.
 

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International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage

Please note that application for the course has been extended to 31 May 2012. Details are available at http://www.ritsumei-gcoe.jp/heritagerisknet.dmuch/itc/index.htmlSee More
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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Online Course at Online

May 21, 2012 to June 20, 2012
Climate Change and Disaster Risk (CCDR) is a four-week specialization course within the Natural Disaster Risk Management Program that aims at supporting the global agenda of Managing the risks associated with climate change through increased knowledge and awareness of development practitioners and policy makers at the national and local levels. The course gives a brief introduction to the science of climate change, reviews the climate change impacts on natural hazards, the trends in magnitude…See More
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NEW RESOURCE: Why Don't People Prepare for and React to Earthquake Hazards?

This set of resources is aimed at students in the 14-19 age range. The first consists of a real audio player file which are the 911 calls taken at the time of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. This is used as a starter…See More
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The following are some examples of lesson plans and resources. more will follow, but if you have more please add them!
Lesson plans for teaching about hazards and how to prepare for them Scheme of work and lesson plans for using the edu4hazards.org website - A series of seven 1 hour lessons - Use all or just one or two! This is also followed by a series of six lesson on flood hazards and responses tailored specifically for the UK curriculum for Key Stage Three, but also useful for GCSE classes!

shake table My shake table design using a variable speed drill

disaster_myths.doc Learn why people don't do anything to prepare based on 'what they have heard, rather than facts!

Earthquake epicenters exerciseA great exercise that allows students to work out earthquake epicenters from real data - better for older kids (14+)

A coloring Book! A coloring book for learning about preparedness for younger kids!

FEMA earthquake preparedness for children Excellent FEMA resource for teaching about earthquakes and carrying out drills with children -My favorite is the 'shimy-shake' song with younger kids! A series of lessons for a range of age groups.

Boy vs Brick movie (45 secs) Who will win...A great advert/resource...Why isn't this on youtube? Really great idea for engaging teenage age group...makes them laugh and think

How Big was that quake? A resource from Team Safe-T that helps students to investigate how large an earthquake was...

VERY simple shake table This shake table design is perfectly easy to make...you need cardboard drink trays, elastic bands, marbles, elastic bands and staples. Students build structures from marshmallows and cocktails sticks to see how it responds in an earthquake..suitable for ANY age group

What causes earthquakes? Film showing how earthquakes occur using simple visualizations

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International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage

Posted by Rohit Jigyasu on May 15, 2012 at 5:34am 0 Comments

Please note that application for the course has been extended to 31 May 2012. Details are available at http://www.ritsumei-gcoe.jp/heritagerisknet.dmuch/itc/index.html

Which countries visit Edu4DRR most?

Posted by Justin Sharpe on March 26, 2012 at 5:57pm 0 Comments

As a geographer I was intrigued as to where our visitors and users of Edu4DRR come from, so I made this list! With flags too! Do we need groups for the more popular countries? What do you think?

 United Kingdom (GB) 734…
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Children of the Tsunami

Posted by Briony Towers on March 13, 2012 at 3:42am 0 Comments

This beautifully made documentary investigates children's experiences of the Japanese tsunami and nuclear disaster. It will be of real interest to anyone who works in the field of child-centred disaster risk reduction. The children articulate their experiences with great insight and in doing so, they further challenge the notion that children are passive victims of disaster who must rely on adults to speak for them. Of particular interest, is the children's desire to take what they have…

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School board apologizes for tsunami death

Posted by Justin Sharpe on January 24, 2012 at 9:42am 0 Comments

The following news story has come from NHK, the Japanese TV station which broadcasts via satellite in English, but is an important step and a warning about the dangers of ignoring safety messages!

The education board in Ishinomaki City, northeastern Japan has admitted responsibility and apologized for the large number of deaths among students at the Okawa Elementary School in last year's tsunami.



70 of the school's 108 students were killed in the March 11th…
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