TY - BOOK TI - Disaster management strategy (1393-1396)-(2014-2017) / AV - Pamphlet RA541. A3. PY - 2017///] CY - [Afghanistan] : PB - Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, KW - Health care – Afghanistan KW - Public health – Afghanistan KW - Disaster relief – Afghanistan KW - Rural development – Afghanistan KW - Humanitarian assistance – Afghanistan KW - Environmental management – Afghanistan KW - Community development – Afghanistan N1 - Cover title. “Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development ; Website: www.mrrd.gov.af”--running caption. ; 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 N2 - 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…”—(page 7) UR - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_ra541_a3_d574_2017 ER -