Disaster Management Act No. 34 of 2012. País/Territorio Bangladesh Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2012 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original Gazette Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Título completoThe Act enacted to make the activities about disaster management coordinated, object oriented and strengthened and to formulate rules to build up infrastructure of effective disaster management to fight all types of disaster. Materia Medio ambiente gen., Agua Palabra clave Institución Fortalecimiento de la capacidad Cambio climático Peligros Gobernanza Monitoreo Política/planificación Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Legislación básica Instalaciones Inundación Área geográphica Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Océano Índico, Países menos desarrollados, Mares del Asia Sudoriental, Asia Meridional Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Resumen This Act, consisting of 60 sections divided into five Chapters, establishes the activities to To fulfill the objectives of this Act, there would be a council named National Disaster Management Council. The responsibility of the Council, are: Provide strategic guidelines concerned to policies and plans about disaster management; Review method of existing disaster risk reduction and emergency response programmes; Evaluation of disaster preparedness programmes and provide strategic consultancy to concern authority, committee and persons for development of post disaster response and rescue operations; Provide necessary directives or consultation to concern authority and persons to arrange seminars, workshops etc. to increase awareness about related issues. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.emi-megacities.org