A volcanic field is an area of the Earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity.

Disaster risk mitigation and preparedness are integral to the planning of human settlements in countries prone to natural disasters.

In support of this, UNDP will deploy national disaster risk reduction advisers to assist national efforts in capacity building for disaster risk reduction in 20 of the most disaster prone countries of the world.

As a focus area for field audits OIOS reviewed the Medical Insurance Plan (MIP), an area already identified by UNHCR as high risk.

Its financial system was unstable and prone to panics, and its political system was immature and prone to populism and nativism.

A risk management approach can make significant contributions to defining and implementing government policies in this area.

I was a little prone to depression.

They are also prone to making mistakes.

Children andinfants are particularly prone to it.

With incomplete models of risk dynamics and a complex and constantly changing global financial system, detection is, they argue, either impossible or so prone to error that the effort would be counter productive.

China is also a disaster prone developing country.

Regional organizations in disaster prone regions should play a greater role in disaster risk reduction and management by devising regional level programmes and by supporting the efforts undertaken by the countries of the region.

But, because the Mockus Fajardo ticket is truly centrist, the risk of serious missteps in this area seems minimal.

It is particularly encouraging to see initiatives in regions previously less active in the area of disaster risk reduction.

Indeed, without adequate regulation, they are prone to excess.

Sarkozy is a man prone to following his instincts.

The risk of causing greater collateral damage by using unitary weapons against an area target is also an important consideration.

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.

Increasingly, such teams include emergency managers from disaster prone countries.

Other earthquake prone countries must take action on this matter.

Trafficking has so far been of little risk to those involved because of the relative impunity prevailing in this area of crime.

In the area of internal oversight, UNDP welcomes the recommendation for the evaluation and implementation of an enterprise risk management strategy (para.

In short, the world has become increasingly prone to financial turbulence.

And, surely, academics are also to blame for the inertia, with many of them still defending elegant but deeply flawed models of perfect markets that create an illusion of safety for a system that is in fact highly risk prone.

As a result, investors and depositors have learned that the erection of financial barriers within the currency area is indeed a genuine risk.

There are no oases of prosperity in a crisis prone globalized world.

On a smaller scale, we are living in communities prone to conflicts.

Due to a rapidly growing population (as well as other factors), this area is considered at high risk for water shortages in the future.

Whereupon an earthquake seized them , so that they lay prone in their dwellings .

Whereupon an earthquake seized them , so that they lay prone in their dwellings .

That help is needed, because Ethiopians are prone to malnutrition, disease, and natural calamity.

Being poor makes you prone to conflict, and being in conflict makes you poor.

Left to their own devices, markets are prone to extremes of euphoria and despair.

The river is prone to catastrophic flooding in spring when the Himalayan snows melt.

Despite the fact that it is prone to shattering, it is very strong structurally.

So the earthquake seized them , and they became within their home corpses fallen prone .

So the earthquake seized them , and they became within their home corpses fallen prone .

Man is prone to say Shall I be raised to life after I die ?

So the earthquake seized them , and they became within their home corpses fallen prone .

So the earthquake seized them , and they became within their home corpses fallen prone .

Urbanization and the concentration of people in hazard prone areas are but two examples.

The Secretary General encourages Governments and organizations to maintain their support for the development of the tsunami early warning system and other necessary early warning systems, such as those for tropical cyclones and adverse weather in the Indian Ocean and other risk prone regions.

Information from satellites is often combined with other relevant data in geographical information systems (GIS) in order to carry out risk analysis and assessment. GIS can be used to model various hazard and risk scenarios for planning the future development of an area.

If they have left the area during the hostilities, it is predictable that they will return at the earliest opportunity and be at risk from unexploded submunitions.

States are called upon to build a strong sense of ownership in the area of disaster risk reduction within their populations and support of local Governments capacities.