Disaster cost and value of preparedness

Disaster cost UN & World Bank reports attest that: disastrous events caused by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions affect the areas hit with long term effects, disrupt economies and change landform; depending on modern life such disasters cost much more than in past in human losses and economic resources.

Disaster trends Statistical analysis shows that earthquakes and storms are the most damaging disasters in recent years, not taking into account the recent Sumatra and Japan tsunamis and related phenomena

Vulnerable groups Studies of international organizations have shown that women, children and disabled people are those most strongly affects by Natural disasters. A great number of human loose every year their lives due to natural disasters!

Φάσεις έκρηξης 4 All past NDs have revealed that lack of preparation and adequate infrastructure for such cases is the main reason for the severe effects of such events on human civilization. The role of preparedness especially in the cases of sudden and unexpected NDs is fundamental and the hurt of any civil protection plan and initiative.

 Create the conditions for knowledge-based disaster prevention policies  Link actors and policies  Make existing instruments perform better for disaster prevention Preparedness Reconstruction Prevention Response Prevention and preparedness

Benefits of preparedness In recent years more money are invested in prevention and preparedness in order to minimize overall and mitigation costs

The need for preparedness “Each dollar invested in disaster preparedness, saves seven dollars in recovery” “UNISDR”