UNDRR Publications

This symposium report focuses on mitigation strategies for tsunami disasters, tsunami warning systems and historical and pre-historical tsunamis associated with earthquakes in the Indian Ocean. The results of the project, upon which this symposium was

This policy note aims to provide a directional path for mainstreaming indigenous knowledge in disaster risk reduction by national authorities and ministries of disaster management and education, institutions of higher education in disaster management, and

This issue includes:
- Editorial
- UN/ISDR Global News
- UN/ISDR Regional News
- Partners In Action
- Thematic Areas of Focus
- Education
- International Day For Disaster Reduction
- The Hyogo Framework for Action
- Debate
- Training Opportunities
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This issue includes:
- Editorial
- UNISDR Global
- Regional News
- Partners in Action
- Regional Initiatives in Disaster Management
- Thematic Areas of Focus
- Education-Related Initiatives & Projects
- Training Opportunities in Disaster Management
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This issue includes:

ISDR Global News
- New UN/ISDR Outreach Office in Central Asia
- New ISDR focal point in Kobe, Japan
- Learning to live with risk
- Media contributions to disaster reduction recognized
- ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early

This issue includes:
- An Open Partnership for Disaster Reduction in Asia
- Message from ADPC
- Message from ADRC
- Message from UNDP/BCPR
- Asian International Conference on Total Disaster Risk Management
- Consultation Workshop on Early Warning System

This publication aims to build awareness for indigenous knowledge as an effective tool for reducing risk from natural hazard-related disasters. By improving the understanding of indigenous knowledge and providing concrete examples of how it can be

This primer is a tool for city governments in the East Asia Region to better understand how to plan for climate change impacts and impending natural disasters through sound urban planning to reduce vulnerabilities.

It gives local governments information

This handbook was made to provide simple information to home owners, designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on whether to repair or rebuild damaged houses. The descriptions are followed by a code of minimum standards for construction of houses in Aceh and Nias Islands.