This paper discusses how building and sustaining a resilient business is a commercial imperative, based on the case of the United Kingdom. The author argues that successful businesses are those where the board has adopted a different mindset to regulation

This paper examines how to maximise the benefits arising from, and overcome the barriers to, the implementation of a multihazard and multi-risk assessment approach within current risk management regimes. Working at two test sites, one in Naples and one in

This paper briefly describes the new strategic approach of Turkey in order to reduce earthquake-related losses. National Earthquake Strategy and Action Plan of Turkey (UDSEP-2023) is a national roadmap in order to reduce earthquake-related losses by 2023

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 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

This paper includes analysis, synthesis and propositions for the improvement of the current situation related to natural disaster issues in the education process in Serbia. The authors focus on curricula in geography as well as policy documents such as

This paper focuses on changes in the disaster regulatory system and societal pattern in Turkey, and examines the failures with all their facets considering re-adjustments, accomplishments and malfunctioning. The purpose of the paper is to indicate the

This paper provides the institutional contribution of the Province of Potenza (Italy) in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and climate on its territory. The Province plays an important role both as regards to territorial governance and safety. It provides

This document presents a project which aims at improving the knowledge of the distribution of building type for 18 countries where more detailed information, than that previously gathered, became available. Secondly, the project attempts to solve the

This technical background paper discusses volcanic ash fall hazard modelling, implemented at the global and local scales (Napoli, Italy). These models are probabilistic whereas outputs are in the form of hazard maps and curves that show the probabilities