Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Management in Armenia

This report addresses the fact that natural disasters have caused vast social upheaval and economic damage to Armenia. This ongoing vulnerability to natural disasters has led Armenia to appreciate the advantages of developing a comprehensive strategy to help minimize ensuing fiscal exposure because the national budget will never be adequate to mitigate, respond, and recover from these recurrent but unavoidable crises. Since the Spitak earthquake, Government has reorganized its emergency management system and established many seismic mitigation activities and created a Ministry of Emergency Situations (MoES) and established a cabinet-level Minister responsible for disaster response. Government may wish to build on these achievements. The report is also based on a study carried out in Armenia under the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) project, which analyzed disaster risks, assessed existing systems, mechanisms, and institutional capacities, and made recommendations for developing a comprehensive national disaster reduction and preparedness agenda, which could form the basis for a natural disaster reduction project.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-10
Subjects:	ACCEPTABLE RISK, ACCIDENTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ALARM SYSTEMS, ALARMS, AMBULANCE, AVALANCHES, BANKS, BREATHING APPARATUS, BUILDING CODE, BUILDING CODES, CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE, CIVIL DEFENSE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGES, COLLAPSED BUILDINGS, COMPETITIVE ECONOMY, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, CONTINGENCY PLANNING, CRIME, CRISES, DAM SAFETY, DAM SAFETY PROJECTS, DAMAGES, DAMS, DEATH TOLL, DISASTER, DISASTER COORDINATORS, DISASTER INSURANCE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RESPONSE, DISASTER RESPONSES, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTER RISKS, DOCUMENTS, DRAFTING, DRAINAGE, DROUGHT, DROUGHTS, EARLY WARNING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC COSTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, EMERGENCIES, EMERGENCY CALL, EMERGENCY CALLS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY OPERATION, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY RELIEF, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY RESPONSES, EMERGENCY SERVICE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, EMERGENCY SHELTERS, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CRISIS, ENGINEERING, ENGINEERS, EVACUATION, FALLING, FARMERS, FINANCIAL RISK, FIRE, FIRE SAFETY, FIRE STATIONS, FIREFIGHTERS, FIREFIGHTING, FIRST AID, FIRST AID KIT, FLOOD, FLOOD FORECASTING, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOOD AID, FOOD RELIEF, FOOD SECURITY, FREEZING, FUELS, GENERATOR, GROUNDWATER, HAIL STORM, HAILSTORM, HAILSTORMS, HEALTH RISKS, HEAT, HEATING, HELMETS, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HUMAN CAPITAL, HURRICANES, HYDROLOGY, IMPACT OF DISASTERS, INCOME, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INJURIES, INNOVATION, INSURANCE, INSURANCE COMPANIES, INSURERS, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION, INVENTORY, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION CANALS, JOINTS, LABOR FORCE, LANDSLIDE, LANDSLIDES, LEAKAGE, MASS, MEASUREMENTS, METALS, METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, MOTION, NATIONAL EMERGENCY, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL HAZARD, NATURAL HAZARDS, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, PIPELINES, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUMPING STATIONS, PUMPS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, RECONSTRUCTION, RELIEF OPERATIONS, RESCUE, RESCUE EQUIPMENT, RESCUE SERVICE, RESCUE SERVICES, RESCUE TEAMS, RESERVOIRS, RISK ANALYSIS, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, RIVER BASINS, RIVERS, SAFETY, SAFETY STANDARDS, SANITATION, SAVINGS, SEARCH AND RESCUE, SEARCH AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT, SMOKE, STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, STRUCTURES, TECTONIC PLATES, TEMPERATURE, THUNDERSTORMS, TOOLS, TRANSPORT, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VELOCITY, WATER FLOW, WATER QUALITY, WATER SUPPLY, WINTER STORM,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/987411468005434115/Disaster-risk-reduction-and-emergency-management-in-Armenia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28144
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