Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide

This book is designed for governments that make decisions on the application of preventive resettlement programs as disaster risk reduction measures, as well as for institutions and professionals in charge of preparing and implementing these progra...

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Main Authors: Correa, Elena, Ramirez, Fernando, Sanahuja, Haris
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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spelling okr-10986-273832021-04-23T14:04:41Z Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide Correa, Elena Ramirez, Fernando Sanahuja, Haris ACCOUNTABILITY AGENTS AREA OF INFLUENCE BANKS CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINGENCY PLANS COVERAGE CRED DAMAGES DEPOSITS DISASTER DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER REDUCTION INITIATIVES DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DROUGHT EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC RISK EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ERUPTION EVACUATION EXTREME EVENTS FAULT LINE FIRE FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FOOD SECURITY FOREST FIRES HEALTH CARE HEAT WAVE HEAVY RAIN HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSING HURRICANE IMPACT OF DISASTERS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INFLATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSECT INFESTATION INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION INVENTORY LAND USE LANDSLIDE LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MITIGATION MITIGATION MEASURES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL PHENOMENON NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF VICTIMS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SAFETY RATES RECONSTRUCTION REDUCING POVERTY REHABILITATION PROGRAM REINSURANCE REINSURANCE COMPANIES RISK ANALYSIS RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MITIGATION RISK REDUCTION RISK TRANSFER SAFETY SAFETY CONDITIONS SAVINGS STORM SUBSIDIARY SURFACE TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TSUNAMI UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VICTIMS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WARS This book is designed for governments that make decisions on the application of preventive resettlement programs as disaster risk reduction measures, as well as for institutions and professionals in charge of preparing and implementing these programs, civil society organizations participating in resettlement and risk reduction processes, and at-risk communities. The basic premises of the guide are that resettlement as a preventive measure should be incorporated in comprehensive risk reduction strategies in order to be effective; and that resettlement's objective is to protect the lives and assets of persons at risk and to improve or at least restore their living conditions. The guide has two parts. The first consists of two chapters. The first of these looks at disasters occurring worldwide and their impacts, and discusses strategic frameworks for disaster risk reduction. The second chapter analyzes resettlement as a preventive measure in the context of comprehensive risk management policy. It examines the relevance of resettlement according to the type of natural hazards and to their characteristics, as well as the savings achieved by promoting this type of resettlement rather than handling a disaster generated emergency and recovering from it. In this chapter, preventive resettlement is to be included in the public policy sphere, since it is based on recognition of the rights and responsibilities of public, private, and civil society stakeholders, and is to be guided by principles of effectiveness, equity, and general public well-being. 2017-06-27T19:30:26Z 2017-06-27T19:30:26Z 2011-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612501468045040748/Populations-at-risk-of-disaster-a-resettlement-guide http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27383 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
AGENTS
AREA OF INFLUENCE
BANKS
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONTINGENCY PLANS
COVERAGE
CRED
DAMAGES
DEPOSITS
DISASTER
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER REDUCTION INITIATIVES
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DROUGHT
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
ECONOMIC RISK
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ERUPTION
EVACUATION
EXTREME EVENTS
FAULT LINE
FIRE
FLOOD
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOODING
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST FIRES
HEALTH CARE
HEAT WAVE
HEAVY RAIN
HEAVY RAINFALL
HOUSING
HURRICANE
IMPACT OF DISASTERS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INFLATION
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INSECT INFESTATION
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
INVENTORY
LAND USE
LANDSLIDE
LEGISLATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
MITIGATION
MITIGATION MEASURES
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL PHENOMENON
NATURAL RESOURCES
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
NUMBER OF VICTIMS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SAFETY
RATES
RECONSTRUCTION
REDUCING POVERTY
REHABILITATION PROGRAM
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE COMPANIES
RISK ANALYSIS
RISK FACTORS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES
RISK MITIGATION
RISK REDUCTION
RISK TRANSFER
SAFETY
SAFETY CONDITIONS
SAVINGS
STORM
SUBSIDIARY
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TRANSPORT
TROPICAL CYCLONES
TROPICAL STORMS
TSUNAMI
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
URBAN GROWTH
URBANIZATION
VICTIMS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
WARS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
AGENTS
AREA OF INFLUENCE
BANKS
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONTINGENCY PLANS
COVERAGE
CRED
DAMAGES
DEPOSITS
DISASTER
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER REDUCTION INITIATIVES
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DROUGHT
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
ECONOMIC RISK
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ERUPTION
EVACUATION
EXTREME EVENTS
FAULT LINE
FIRE
FLOOD
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOODING
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST FIRES
HEALTH CARE
HEAT WAVE
HEAVY RAIN
HEAVY RAINFALL
HOUSING
HURRICANE
IMPACT OF DISASTERS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INFLATION
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INSECT INFESTATION
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
INVENTORY
LAND USE
LANDSLIDE
LEGISLATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
MITIGATION
MITIGATION MEASURES
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL PHENOMENON
NATURAL RESOURCES
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
NUMBER OF VICTIMS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SAFETY
RATES
RECONSTRUCTION
REDUCING POVERTY
REHABILITATION PROGRAM
REINSURANCE
REINSURANCE COMPANIES
RISK ANALYSIS
RISK FACTORS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES
RISK MITIGATION
RISK REDUCTION
RISK TRANSFER
SAFETY
SAFETY CONDITIONS
SAVINGS
STORM
SUBSIDIARY
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TRANSPORT
TROPICAL CYCLONES
TROPICAL STORMS
TSUNAMI
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
URBAN GROWTH
URBANIZATION
VICTIMS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
WARS
Correa, Elena
Ramirez, Fernando
Sanahuja, Haris
Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
description This book is designed for governments that make decisions on the application of preventive resettlement programs as disaster risk reduction measures, as well as for institutions and professionals in charge of preparing and implementing these programs, civil society organizations participating in resettlement and risk reduction processes, and at-risk communities. The basic premises of the guide are that resettlement as a preventive measure should be incorporated in comprehensive risk reduction strategies in order to be effective; and that resettlement's objective is to protect the lives and assets of persons at risk and to improve or at least restore their living conditions. The guide has two parts. The first consists of two chapters. The first of these looks at disasters occurring worldwide and their impacts, and discusses strategic frameworks for disaster risk reduction. The second chapter analyzes resettlement as a preventive measure in the context of comprehensive risk management policy. It examines the relevance of resettlement according to the type of natural hazards and to their characteristics, as well as the savings achieved by promoting this type of resettlement rather than handling a disaster generated emergency and recovering from it. In this chapter, preventive resettlement is to be included in the public policy sphere, since it is based on recognition of the rights and responsibilities of public, private, and civil society stakeholders, and is to be guided by principles of effectiveness, equity, and general public well-being.
format Working Paper
author Correa, Elena
Ramirez, Fernando
Sanahuja, Haris
author_facet Correa, Elena
Ramirez, Fernando
Sanahuja, Haris
author_sort Correa, Elena
title Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide
title_short Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide
title_full Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide
title_fullStr Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide
title_full_unstemmed Populations at Risk of Disaster : A Resettlement Guide
title_sort populations at risk of disaster : a resettlement guide
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612501468045040748/Populations-at-risk-of-disaster-a-resettlement-guide
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27383
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