Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery2017-09-072017-09-072009-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28144This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCEPTABLE RISKACCIDENTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONALARM SYSTEMSALARMSAMBULANCEAVALANCHESBANKSBREATHING APPARATUSBUILDING CODEBUILDING CODESCATASTROPHIC EVENTSCATASTROPHIC INSURANCECIVIL DEFENSECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGESCOLLAPSED BUILDINGSCOMPETITIVE ECONOMYCONSTRUCTION INDUSTRYCONTINGENCY PLANNINGCRIMECRISESDAM SAFETYDAM SAFETY PROJECTSDAMAGESDAMSDEATH TOLLDISASTERDISASTER COORDINATORSDISASTER INSURANCEDISASTER MANAGEMENTDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTER PREVENTIONDISASTER REDUCTIONDISASTER RESPONSEDISASTER RESPONSESDISASTER RISKDISASTER RISK REDUCTIONDISASTER RISKSDOCUMENTSDRAFTINGDRAINAGEDROUGHTDROUGHTSEARLY WARNINGEARLY WARNING SYSTEMEARLY WARNING SYSTEMSEARTHQUAKEEARTHQUAKESECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC COSTSECONOMIC GROWTHELECTROMAGNETIC WAVESEMERGENCIESEMERGENCY CALLEMERGENCY CALLSEMERGENCY MANAGEMENTEMERGENCY OPERATIONEMERGENCY OPERATIONSEMERGENCY PREPAREDNESSEMERGENCY RELIEFEMERGENCY RESPONSEEMERGENCY RESPONSESEMERGENCY SERVICEEMERGENCY SERVICESEMERGENCY SHELTERSEMERGENCY SITUATIONSEMPLOYMENTENERGY CRISISENGINEERINGENGINEERSEVACUATIONFALLINGFARMERSFINANCIAL RISKFIREFIRE SAFETYFIRE STATIONSFIREFIGHTERSFIREFIGHTINGFIRST AIDFIRST AID KITFLOODFLOOD FORECASTINGFLOODINGFLOODSFOOD AIDFOOD RELIEFFOOD SECURITYFREEZINGFUELSGENERATORGROUNDWATERHAIL STORMHAILSTORMHAILSTORMSHEALTH RISKSHEATHEATINGHELMETSHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTHUMAN CAPITALHURRICANESHYDROLOGYIMPACT OF DISASTERSINCOMEINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINJURIESINNOVATIONINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANIESINSURERSINTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTIONINVENTORYIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION CANALSJOINTSLABOR FORCELANDSLIDELANDSLIDESLEAKAGEMASSMEASUREMENTSMETALSMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONMOTIONNATIONAL EMERGENCYNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTER REDUCTIONNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL GASNATURAL HAZARDNATURAL HAZARDSPERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTPIPELINESPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC SAFETYPUMPING STATIONSPUMPSQUALITY ASSURANCERECONSTRUCTIONRELIEF OPERATIONSRESCUERESCUE EQUIPMENTRESCUE SERVICERESCUE SERVICESRESCUE TEAMSRESERVOIRSRISK ANALYSISRISK ASSESSMENTRISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTSRIVER BASINSRIVERSSAFETYSAFETY STANDARDSSANITATIONSAVINGSSEARCH AND RESCUESEARCH AND RESCUE EQUIPMENTSMOKESTRUCTURAL ELEMENTSSTRUCTURESTECTONIC PLATESTEMPERATURETHUNDERSTORMSTOOLSTRANSPORTUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTURBAN DEVELOPMENTVELOCITYWATER FLOWWATER QUALITYWATER SUPPLYWINTER STORMReportWorld Bank10.1596/28144