Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Management in Armenia
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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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.
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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