UNDRR Publications

This monthly newsletter aims to highlight UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the disasters in 2011 that set a new record of $366 billion in economic losses; (ii) the 2010 and 2011 Pakistani floods; (iii) the call for the

This abstract book of the Second World Landslide Forum reviews 29 sessions addressing: landslides and land-use systems, food security, wild fires, extreme weather, GIS applications developments, socio-economic impact, transportation network and lifelines

This publication focuses on the importance of education in disaster prevention and makes recommendations on how to support and build on local and national initiatives to reduce the risk of disasters through education. It provides a brief overview of major

Esta guía contiene las instrucciones para la realización, de forma periódica y sistemática, de ejercicios de evacuación en simulacros y simulaciones de las condiciones de emergencia de tipo diverso en las instalaciones de los Centros Educativos.

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This monthly newsletter aims to highlight UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) a four-month pilot test of the Local Government Self-Assessment Tool (LG-SAT); (ii) the 1st UNISDR Global Champion - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; (iii)

This policy brief, issued while Governments discuss how to adapt to climate change in Durban, reflects that African countries are committed and investing funds to reduce risk to floods and droughts, albeit too little and still insufficiently in

This report addresses drought, which is considered the major disaster occurring in the Arab region, where the total people affected between the years 1970-2009 by drought is of about 38.09 million. The report focuses on Syria, considered one of the most

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The purpose of this document is to describe the thematic classification system that has been developed, with the aim of promoting a better understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the development of an