Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNDP Pacific Centre
Publication Year:
2008
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
48 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
551.6 UND
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36051
Legacy PEIN ID:
76054
General Notes
Available online|Only one copy|References available on page 30-32
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Disaster Risk Management - Oceania
Climate change - Oceania
Abstract
To address the risks women, men, girls and boys face from hazards, climate change and environmental degradation, it is essential to understand a range of variables, such as where people live, their culture, social values and economic position. Different hazards such as earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, tsunamis, drought, landslides, erosion and wildfires, present different challenges to governments, organisations and communities. Hazards turn into disasters when people do not have the capacity to prepare for, respond to and recover from them. The number of people living on Pacific Islands affected by weather-related disasters has increased from 1.2 million to 18 million in the past 30 years with droughts, extreme temperature events and tropical cyclones producing the most significant impacts (International Federation of Red Cross IFRC) 2002. There are ways to reduce the threat of disaster, however, including examining gender.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNDP Pacific Centre
Publication Year:
2008
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
48 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
551.6 UND
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36051
Legacy PEIN ID:
76054
General Notes
Available online|Only one copy|References available on page 30-32
Record Created: 25-Sep-2009
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022