Publicaciones de UNDRR

The '2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction' in Chinese, Japanese and Korean is a joint product of the Cabinet Office of Japan (CAO) and the National Emergency Management Agency of Korea (NEMA).

With the aim of guiding the implementation of the Hyogo Framework Framework (HFA) in respect to drought, this document elaborates a framework for understanding drought and vulnerability to drought, and provides guidance on actions to reduce the risks

The full report of the ISDR Scientific and Technical Committee 2009:

The present report is the result of the effort to highlight the use of scientific and technical knowledge as an essential foundation for disaster risk reduction, and to make

This short note reports on recent experience from six countries where national and local governments, with civil society participation, have worked to reduce disaster risks as part of their adaptation efforts. Based on these examples and other countries’

With respect to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), this document gathers the proceedings of the conference which conveyed the participants to resolve to preserve and sustain the gains in disaster risk reduction and to promote further cooperation among

With the goal to build resilient communities to withstand and live with the risk to natural hazards, and related environmental and technological disasters, this document presents the proceedings of the conference which examines vulnerability in Asia and

This publication presents a selection of articles carried out within the framework of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Urban Risk Thematic Platform in particular. The thirteen articles included here reflect diverse

This paper presents the conclusions and recommendations of the conference on ‘Natural disaster prevention, land-use planning and sustainable development’ held in Paris, 17-19 June 1999.

This document lists the proceedings of an internet conference which provided extensive networking among approximately 450 participants, and a forum for global debate on eight specific topics related to urban disaster mitigation.

This report presents the outputs of the 1996 world disaster reduction campaign 'Cities at Risk', whose purpose was to encourage better policies about and greater public awareness of urban disasters and their mitigation. It outlines case studies, policy