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Education for sustainable development and education for disaster risk reduction:
a winning combination
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4 Traditionally, two types of hazards are distinguished: natural hazards are earthquakes,
floods, tornados, etc. while man-made hazards relate to industrial accidents, radioactivity
threats, etc. See the following link for a thorough definition of socio-natural hazards: http://
(Last consulted on 18
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7 Available from (Last consulted on
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8 Available from (Last consulted on
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9 Available from (Last consulted on 18 March 2011).
10 Some valuable and interesting projects have already been undertaken since the beginning
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11 See the contribution of Seiji Suwa in
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6 Cosgrave (2008).
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this area.
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18 For example, the estimated population (2010) for Tokelau was 1,400; for Niue 1,600;
Tuvalu 12,000 and Tonga 104,000. Flight times to Apia (Samoa) are four hours from
Auckland and five hours from Sydney and to get to Tokelau takes a further day by sea from
Apia as there is no airstrip. There is one weekly flight from Auckland to Niue.
19 Lee, B-Y. (2010). Working Together, Building Capacity – A case study of civil defence
emergency management in New Zealand. Journal of Disaster Research, 5(5).
Indonesia: improving investment in communities for risk reduction
1 At a rate of IDR9,000 per dollar
2 At a rate of IDR9,000 per dollar
3 National Agency for Disaster Management. Available from Accessed on 6
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4 UNISDR. Available from Accessed
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6 Ibid
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Disaster Risk Reduction in Gracias a Dios, Honduras
1 Damage Assessment Reports completed by CODEMs, CODED in Gracias a Dios
2 United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Honduras,
Assessment of the Damage caused by Hurricane Mitch 1998
Disasters – a part of life
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