| Inter-Agency Field Library for
Disaster Reduction reaches
Southern Africa In an effort to enhance public awareness and wider access to information
on hazards, vulnerability and risks, the United Nations
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) is setting up
“Disaster Reduction Libraries” within recognised regional institutions.
The Southern African Research and Documentation Centre
(SARDC) is one such institution that has benefited from The Interagency
Field Library for Disaster Reduction.
This project targets hazard-prone countries of Asia, Africa, the
Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Southern Africa has become prone to disasters particularly floods
and droughts, and this collection of 100 titles on disaster reduction and
management will assist in empowering the target audience of policy
makers, researchers, local leaders and communities.
SARDC's Virtual Library for Southern Africa will advance the
project's objective - by providing bibliographic access to the collection
in a searchable format.
The database is available through the Virtual Library for Southern
Africa at the SARDC website: www.sardc.net Knowledge for
Development.
Also available online is the Disaster Management Directory for
Southern Africa produced by SARDC with support from the
WorldBank ProVention Consortium.
SARDC offers free access to information that is useful to governments
and policy makers, non-governmental organisations, the private
sector, regional and international organisations, development agencies,
students, parliaments and the media.
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