Sentence examples for risk reduction policy from inspiring English sources

Legislation could play a role in improving early intervention, says Bailey, who suggests "an institutionalised disaster risk reduction policy that identifies the responsibility of certain ministers and government departments to do certain things, with mechanisms of redress if they don't".

In designing least cost policies of risk reduction, policy makers should consider the optimal mix of natural and human risk reduction.

Disaster risk reduction policy and practice require knowledge for informed decision making and coordinated action.

The third UN World Congress on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan in March 2015, agreed on a new framework to guide disaster risk reduction policy and practice for the next 15 years.

The findings' section is divided into three main themes: children in disaster risk reduction policy in Portugal; children in risk education programs; and children as active participants in disaster risk reduction.

There are several comprehensive tools available and used by many research organizations worldwide, for example HAZUS, a GIS-based natural hazard analysis tool developed for assessing flood hazard; HEC-FDA, a computer program to assist crop engineers through vulnerability analysis of flood risk reduction policy.

We hope that in addition to providing interesting and useful results, the Hotspots global analysis and case studies will stimulate additional research, particularly at national and local levels, increasingly linked to disaster risk reduction policy-making and practice.

The legal basis for risk reduction policies is critical for transparent decision-making and allocating public funding for disaster mitigation.

It, therefore, calls for caution when planning and implementing disaster risk reduction policies that have the potential to create new forms of vulnerability to hazards or exacerbate them.

The study finds multiple vulnerability factors, including unsafe construction practices, poor drainage systems, unregulated solid waste disposal, institutional incapacity, inadequacy of land, settlements in high risk areas, deforestation, siltation of rivers and national disaster risk reduction policies that neglect urban areas.

Despite some timid steps forward, this is the case of disaster risk reduction policies (Cumiskey 2015).