International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

ISDR Informs - Latin America and the Caribbean
Issue 7, 2003

Content

Editorial
	Living with Risk: Turning the tide of disasters towards sustainable development

Global ISDR
	2003 World Disaster Reduction Campaign
	News from ISDR Secretariat
	The World’s meteorological priorities

Desasters in the Region
	Argentina: Flooding in Santa Fe
	Flooding in Santa Fe, Argentina, 2003 Document prepared by ECLAC, in collaboration with the United Nations System in Argentina
	ECLAC: Impact Assessment of the Earthquake of Colima, Mexico
	Hurricane Season 2003

In the Spotlight
	The lack of fresh water: Main distress during a disaster
	Danger in the Caribbean:The region faces the most severe hurricane cycle since the first half of the 20th Century
	Wildfires, the biggest cause of environment degradation in the Central American isthmus, fought with mixed results
	Implementation of the National Training and Development Plan for SINAPRED,Nicaragua

Partners in Action
	Hemispheric consultation on early warning
	Argentina’s Safer Hospitals: Let’s Act Now
	Nicaragua Municipal-level Disaster preparedness and response for the fhealth sector : emergency plans
	Scientists find volcanic craters off Grenada
	Costa Rica: Hurricanes, the focus of a Red Cross seminar, training activity for facilitators on a topical radio drama
	Corta Rica Workshops succeed in testing user by facilitators of radio drama for comminity disaster mitigation
	El Salvador is awarded second price of the 2001 World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Countering Disasters, Targeting Vulnerability”
	Remembering Hurricane Mitch: 5 years later
	Brazil Environmental disasters in the new Brazilian poles of urban development: challenges for Civil Defence
	Chile develops comprehensive school safety program including an interactive
	EDUCATION
Kids and Youth
	Floods
	Drought

Multimedia
	Digitalization and Access to Information about Disasters
	Report on the workshop “Human Settlements” is now available
	Practical Advice on Disaster Prevention: An Ounce of Prevention
	The Final Report of “Human Settlements” is now available
	Best Practices for Disaster Prevention and Risk Management Disseminated
	Disasters and Emergencies: Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation
	CAMI web site now available


International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Latin America and the Caribbean