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2. Disaster risk reduction - Wikipedia

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   Disaster risk reduction ( DRR) (or disaster risk management) is an approach for planning and taking steps to make disasters less likely to happen, and less damaging when they do happen. DRR aims to make communities stronger (more resilient or less vulnerable) and better prepared to handle disasters.

3. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Wikipedia

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   The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, noted that “an integrated, multi-hazard, inclusive approach to address vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management, including prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, is an essential element of a safer world in the twenty- first ...

4. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction - Wikipedia

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   The World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction is a series of United Nations conferences focusing on disaster and climate risk management in the context of sustainable development. The World Conference has been convened three times, with each edition to date having been hosted by Japan: in Yokohama in 1994, in Hyogo in 2005 and in Sendai in ...

5. Emergency management - Wikipedia

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   Emergency management. A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard. "Emergency management" or "disaster management " is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [1]

6. Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction - Wikipedia

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   The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030) is an international document that was adopted by the United Nations (UN) member states between 14 and 18 March 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan, and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in June 2015. [1] [2] [3] It is the successor ...

7. Business continuity planning - Wikipedia

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   As such, BCP is a subset of risk management. In the U.S., government entities refer to the process as continuity of operations planning (COOP). A business continuity plan outlines a range of disaster scenarios and the steps the business will take in any particular scenario to return to regular trade. BCP's are written ahead of time and can also ...