Impact of Cyclone Nargis on Disaster Risk Reduction in Myanmar
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
U. Than Myint
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Sustainable Infrastructure - Environment Friendly, Safe and Resource Efficient, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-11 September 2009 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Bangkok 2009 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 9-15 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| Year: | 2009 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137809796068109 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Myanmar in May 2008 and severely affected 2.4 million people in Ayeyarwaddy Delta and killed an estimated 140,000. After cyclone Nargis, Government, International Agencies, Local Communities, INGOs and NGOs come out and helping the victims in every way. Professional Associations are also giving their inputs in reconstruction works. The major impact of cyclone Nargis on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Myanmar is paradigm shift from crisis management to risk management. Government has issued standing order for disaster management and formulation of Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction (MAPDRR) in Myanmar. |
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| Keywords: |
disaster management Cyclone Nargis Disaster Risk Reduction Professional Association
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