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This report focuses on the analytical and conceptual framework of disaster risk management as well as the practical tools and methodologies used in risk assessment including presentation of case studies. Workshop participants discussed in three working

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 summary describes the five priorities for action of the Hyogo Framework for Action within a table enhancing the themes and cross cutting issues, as well as the general considerations and actors involved in the implementation and follow-up.

This brochure features the 2008 campaign emphasis on critical infrastructure with a new focus on making hospitals and health facilities safe from disaster. As part of the new World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009: Hospitals Safe from Disasters

Issue 3, December 21, 2007

This issue includes:

- Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: towards a common action
- Cooperation agreement with OAS
- The Greater Caribbean met in Saint Marc, Haiti
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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

From the past natural disasters to the challenge of climate change in Europe – Paris, 26-28 November 2008

This presentation introduces the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 strategic goals and the UNISDR commitment to reduce vulnerability to natural

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 report presents a comprehensive action plan designed to minimize the loss of life and destruction brought on by increasing numbers of water-related disasters worldwide (such as floods, droughts, tidal waves, storm surges, etc.) and also to minimize