UNDRR Publications

The paper compares and contrasts how disaster risk management is being conceptualised in relation to emerging climate change adaptation efforts and how these two agendas are influenced by different governance systems, accountabilities and social contracts

This paper is the result of collaboration between the Municipality of Amadora (Portugal), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and an Australian member of an international research team, which has been involved in community engagement. This

The purpose of this paper is to share the implemented strategy, activities and the process of cooperation between the educational community in the municipality of Amadora (Portugal), the Civil Protection Local Authority and the local campaign “Resilient

This document reviews ongoing good practices for disaster risk reduction (DRR), and explores how these can be scaled and used as inspiration so that instead of being just exceptions to the norm, they can be converted into standard practice.

The

The purpose of this paper is to examine the civil defense communication process through which national and regional agencies share principles, guidelines and good Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) actions in the medium and small municipalities where disasters

This document asks if transformation pathways for disaster risk management can be observed, and if so then how and why they unfold as observed. The study uses a qualititative analysis to establish an empirical basis for policy development that can more

The purpose of thematic background papers are to encourage more research investigating the degree to which the HFA has been fit-for-purpose in affecting change in the management of disaster risk. This publication contributes to both the formulation of the

The primary purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how strategic human settlements, planning development and management can contribute to disaster risk reduction and resilience building. Particular attention is given to how the post-2015 disaster risk

This document highlights the role of the environment as an important issue in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). However, it is true that the environmental dimension has been overlooked to a certain extent and has not received adequate attention and

The aim of this paper is to help bring voluntary standards into the toolbox of disaster risk reduction, including both by encouraging their use by business and by enhancing their role in legislation and regulatory practice. To this end, the paper reveals