Disaster management strategy (1393-1396)-(2014-2017) / Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Index—List of Acronyms and abbreviations—Executive summary—Rational and scope for the strategy—2. Policy environment and institutional arrangement—3. Overview of the strategy and conceptual framework—4. Core principles underlying the strategy—5. Critical assumptions—6. Strategy framework—7. Logical framework—Appendix 1 : MRRD programmes and directorates.

Summary: “Afghanistan is exposed to multiple, predictable and recurrent natural hazards which are exacerbated by on-going climate change. Afghanistan is ranked twelfth on the seismic risk index, twenty-second on the drought risk index, twenty-fourth on the flood risk index, thirtieth on the landslide risk index and eighty-second on the severe storm risk index. The economic and human impact of these recurrent disasters is devastating. The trend in natural disaster incidents from 1970 to 2012 shows that earthquakes caused the highest loss of life (9,236 out of 20,237 killed), drought affected the most people (6,510,000 out of 9,275,327 people affected) and flooding caused the most economic damage (USD $396 million out of USD $597 million lost). In 2012, 383 natural disaster incidents were recorded…”—(page 7).

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