For a new governance of natural risks, Istanbul, 27-28 October, 2008
This presentation examines the problems of risk management and the role of local and regional authorities in this field. It advocates for the public authorities and populations in areas
Adapted from a presentation made by Andrew Maskrey, Coordinator of the UNISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, at the ISDR Asia Partnership Meeting, Bangkok, 27-28 September 2007
This presentation explains the Hyogo Framework for
This booklet seeks to raise awareness among decision makers and community leaders in Africa on the importance of good governance in disaster risk reduction.
The booklet is intended for community leaders in Africa. It describes the causes and consequences of poverty in Africa and the links between poverty alleviation and disaster risk reduction.
The present booklet seeks to help community leaders understand how land becomes degraded, what to do about it, and how proper use of land, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development are linked.
This booklet is written to help community leaders to have a better understanding of the complex nature of water and its influence on our lives. Empowered with this knowledge, they can become pro-active in
This paper was commissioned by the Swedish Commission on Climate Change and Development.
The paper proposes several recommendations for the Commission on Climate Change and Development to consider identifying and reducing vulnerability to various hazards
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction System suggests in this paper that further analysis by the IPCC of policies, measures, tools and practice to reduce disaster risk would be greatly beneficial to advancing knowledge on effective adaptation.
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Extreme Natural Hazards, London, 26-27 October 2005 - Published in Royal Society of London Transactions Series A, vol. 364, Issue 1845, pp.2167-2182
This paper gives an international perspective, focusing on the ISDR's
