Haiti Earthquake – Le Palais National
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Tag: disaster management
Flooding in Pakistan – collecting clean water
Photo taken from UK Department for International Department on Flickr, CC BY 3.0
Flooding in Pakistan
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Haiti Earthquake – soccer stadium IDP camp
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Earthquake: Democracy Now! discusses US policy towards Haiti
US policy in Haiti “lays the foundation for why the impact of natural disaster is so severe”.
Democracy Now! discusses the situation in Haiti following the massive earthquake in 2010, as well as the history of Haiti, with two guests who have spent a lot of time there.
Corrupt government and natural disasters
A short video on the connection between natural disasters and corruption.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7EFY69YYJw
The International Disaster Database
EM-DAT provides a database for assessment and rational decision-making in disaster situations. For example, it helps policymakers identify disaster types that are most common in a given country and have had significant historical impacts on specific human populations.
Asia’s response to climate change and natural disasters
Experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies discuss their findings on the politics of climate change in Asia, the region’s response to natural disasters, and implications for the future geometry of Asia’s institutions and US policy in the region.
Democracy, GDP and natural disasters
The World Bank’s Democracy Index and a nation’s GDP are strong predictors of a natural disaster’s humanitarian impact.
