What is Sendai Framework? (Part 3)
The Sendai Framework, Build Up A new blueprint for Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted at Sendai at the end of the third UN Disaster Risk Reduction Conference (March 14-18, 2015). It is a successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015). The Sendai Framework identifies seven targets and four priorities for action. It... Read More
What is Sendai Framework? (Part 2)
Background The second of the World Disaster Reduction Conferences at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, in Year 2005 was particularly symbolic ( poignant) as was being held exactly 10 years, to the day, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17th January 1995 . 6,400 people had lost their lives, with 4,600 from Kobe alone. The... Read More
What is Sendai Framework?
Article 1 – Background Life has always had to fight with natural disasters and hazards for survival. Rapid advancements in science and technologies, industrialization, population growth, unplanned urbanization with huge people clusters, depletion of mother earth’s natural resources coupled with the effects of deforestation and climate changes has greatly added to hazards and disasters risk.... Read More
Disaster Management: Role of India
Addressing the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in Delhi, Home Minister and Minister of State for Home, shared the importance of disaster Management and forward looking, ambitious Sendai Framework which aims at reducing the number of people affected and damage to critical infrastructure from disaster by 2030. 1,100 delegates across 61 Asian... Read More
Japan, Taiwan and New Zealand collaborate on seismic hazard models
Seismic Hazard Models (using complex calculations) are used to predict possibility of earthquakes in a given time frame in future. And to predict the strength of these earthquakes and the resultant ground motion intensity (the movement of the earth’s surface due to waves resulting from earthquakes). This can be then used to make and... Read More
Technology Assistance in Disaster Management.
Thousands of people can be impacted by a man-made or natural disaster within seconds, and the availability of tools that can help not only before but also during the response to the devastation can save lives and time. A fire incident took place on October 22, 2016, near Nichols Hills Oklahoma depicts that days to... Read More
AADM Crowd Management Seva – Kalamwadi, Sangli
On the request of Kasegaon Police Station, Sangli and Kalamwadi Grampanchayat, Taluka – Walva, Dist – Sangli, Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management offered Seva for controlling crowd on occasion of Shree Kalammadevi Yatra at Kalamwadi, Taluka Walva, District Sangli on 9th October, 2016. Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management (AADM) deployed 98 (Male – 57... Read More
AADM Crowd Management Seva – Chatushrungi Temple, Pune
Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management conducts crowd control & traffic management seva with Chatushrungi Police Station at Chatushrungi Mandir, Pune during Navratri Utsav on the selected days after consultation with the trust. This year seva was done for four days i.e. 2nd, 6th, 8th Oct and 9th Oct 2016. Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management... Read More
New Urban Agenda to reduce disaster losses
66% of world population will be living in cities by Year 2050 (as against 54 % presently). The urbanization is rapid with unplanned and unsustainable growth of mega cities and other urban areas. Risk of major disasters is increasing and quality of life is becoming poorer. Managing urban areas is one of the greatest... Read More
Vietnam Economy Hurting Badly From the Worst Ever Ecological Disaster Which Caused Tons of Fish to Die
Vietnam’s otherwise resilient economy is already affected by slowdown in mining and agriculture (adverse weather conditions) this year. The fish death disaster of April 2016 from toxic spill further hurt the economy severely. A Government official admitted in a press conference recently, that this will affect growth for many years to come. ... Read More