People are willing to donate hundreds of millions of dollars to help people after a disaster even after a disaster in a wealthy country like Japan but are unwilling to invest anything like the same amount to save lives before a predictable disaster strikes.

After the Hillsborough disaster there was a government review of stadium safety.

Corrective measures Controls aimed at correcting or restoring the system after a disaster or an event.

As a consequence, they settle for the crumbs that are eventually offered by the ship owners after a disaster.

For example, rebuilding after a natural disaster or war may produce a considerable amount of economic activity and thus boost GDP.

The change in message after the disaster of the Copenhagen summit was probably inevitable.

Delta works After the 1953 disaster, the Delta Works were constructed, a comprehensive set of civil works throughout the Dutch coast.

Two years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan still faces many challenges in terms of regional remediation.

In the second preambular paragraph, the words and their increasing impact should be inserted after disaster .

This is the largest metropolitan area disaster in decades, and it was not a natural disaster it was a disaster of engineering.

Soon after the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, a public affairs team was deployed with our sizable military forces in the disaster area.

In fact, out of a total of 800 million in pledges, only 17 million has been disbursed one year after the disaster.

Practically the entire population of Belarus was exposed to radioactive iodine for several months after the disaster.

First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

The donors must not compete with each other in providing assistance for a short period after the disaster, only to disappear when media attention moves elsewhere.

The Asian Disaster Reduction Centre is a specialized organization for disaster reduction based in Kobe, Japan.

This was after Katrina. We were the first commercial fleet of airplanes to be cleared into the disaster impact zone.

Soon after the disaster, the government announced that reconstruction demand and higher prices would bring about relatively rapid economic recovery.

A Global Strategy for Disaster Risk

In the months after the disaster, human rights concerns emerged as primary issues requiring reflection and consideration in terms of the response to the disaster, as well as the steps necessary to avoid its repetition.

After all, in a post economic crisis world of scarce public and private resources, disaster relief efforts, one might argue, should target only poorer countries and peoples.

Although the financial disaster erupted on George W. Bush s watch, after eight years of a Republican presidency, Obama had to carry the burden of an anemic recovery.

As a measure of good will after the tsunami disaster struck us, I agreed to an arrangement with the rebels for joint action in tsunami reconstruction work.

After one recent disaster, in which more than 100 civilians died, the Pentagon immediately insisted that such bombing operations would continue.

He expressed deep appreciation for the international assistance provided through the United Nations agencies and bilateral arrangements after the tsunami disaster.

Relevant United Nations organizations and donor Governments should strengthen the capacity of disaster prone countries in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and post disaster recovery within a disaster risk reduction framework, by supporting relevant initiatives in this field.

It sometimes happens that a drastic action designed to prevent an unacceptable disaster may make the disaster worse.

We need a comprehensive strategy to achieve such disaster management including early warning systems and disaster preparedness plans.

Sami's own life is a complete disaster.

Your whole life is a complete disaster.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster happened after the major earthquake and tsunami on 11 March, 2011 (see here for Global Voices coverage).

Our assessments enabled our headquarters in Geneva to issue the first preliminary appeal for support just eight hours after the disaster struck.

We have committed 425 million towards a comprehensive package of disaster relief measures for disaster victims and reconstruction assistance.

Thanks in part to the efforts of DPI, the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Kobe, Japan, 18 22 January 2005), which took place only three weeks after the tsunami disaster, generated over 400 articles by major newspapers worldwide.

Even now, almost 20 years after the disaster, the entire range of post Chernobyl problems continues to be a heavy burden on the shoulders of the people of Belarus.

a) Integrate a gender perspective in post disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts and ensure that women take an active and equal role in all phases of disaster management and post disaster recovery and

Those initiatives were either specific to a particular phase of the disaster cycle, specific to a type of disaster or specific to a geographical region.

China is also a disaster prone developing country.

NEW YORK After the economic disaster of 2008 2009, people are understandably wary of the devastation that yet another financial crisis can wreak.

BERLIN The Fukushima disaster in March reminded the world, 25 years after Chernobyl, that nuclear energy is anything but clean, secure, and affordable.

Recovery after the tsunami disaster taught us the value and potential of humanity acting in unison when fellow human beings are in distress.

Such a vote would be a recipe for disaster disaster for Security Council reform, for United Nations reform and for international peace and cooperation.

Several countries found it practical to use disaster resistant hospitals as an example of a benchmark for reducing overall disaster risk.

Disaster beckoned.

Disaster preparedness