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2. Disaster risk reduction - Wikipedia

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   Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is defined by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) as those actions which aim to "prevent new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and therefore to the achievement of sustainable development".

3. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

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   The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, commonly known as the Stafford Act, [1] is a 1988 United States federal law designed to bring an orderly and systematic means of federal natural disaster assistance for state and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to aid citizens. Congress's intention was ...

4. Emergency management - Wikipedia

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   A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard. Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [1]

5. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Wikipedia

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   2017 Fifth session of the Global Platform on Disaster Reduction. The 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26 May drew in more than 5000 participants, among which were policy makers and disaster risk managers. Thousands of governments, international organizations and civil society representatives were in ...

6. Disaster recovery - Wikipedia

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   Disaster recovery may refer to: Recovery stage of emergency management; IT disaster recovery, maintaining or reestablishing vital information technology infrastructure; Disaster draft, disaster recovery plan for professional sports teams

7. Template:Current disaster list/doc - Wikipedia

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8. Business continuity planning - Wikipedia

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   Business continuity planning life cycle. Business continuity may be defined as "the capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident", [1] and business continuity planning [2] [3] (or business continuity and resiliency planning) is the process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal ...

9. Lutheran World Relief - Wikipedia

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   Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is an international non-governmental organization that focuses on sustainable development projects and disaster relief and recovery. The organization was founded in 1945 to collect and send aid to people living in post- World War II Europe. [ 2 ]