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Disaster Risk Profile of the Republic of Seychelles
Resource ID
3e2cb236-32e2-11e6-b4ae-040146164b01
Title
Disaster Risk Profile of the Republic of Seychelles
Date
July 1, 2008, 5 p.m., Publication
Abstract
The Department of Risk and Disaster Management (DRDM) of Seychelles was created in October 2004 as the National Disaster Secretariat for the NDC. Two months later the tsunami impacted Seychelles. The then National Disaster Secretariat was upgraded as the Department of Risk and Disaster Management in December 2006. The Department, then, started to be headed by a Principal Secretary, assisted by a Director General and now a director for impact assessment. The Disaster Risk Profile is the main deliverable of the Risk assessment study. This document aims at: - Supporting the DRDM in the establishment of an early warning and disaster management system; - Identifying and describing major past disasters that stroke the country and need to be addressed; - Creating a profile of natural disasters impact on Seychelles; - Producing scenarios and trends concerning hazard and vulnerability projections with regards to climate change impact; - Providing tools and guidelines to DRDM to monitor and prevent disasters, reduce the vulnerability of elements at risk.
Edition
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Responsible
andy
Point of Contact
Fraser
sfraser@worldbank.org
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
notPlanned
Type
not filled
Restrictions
None
License
None
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
strong_wind, coastal_flood, river_flood, tsunami, landslide
Data Quality
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Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
(9986, 136, 663, 48, 136, 'Risk Profile', 'risk-profile'), (9987, 171, 663, 48, 171, 'UNDP', 'undp'), (9988, 254, 663, 48, 254, 'Seychelles', 'seychelles')
Category
Geoscientific Information
Regions
Seychelles