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This review aims at developing a common action plan that would facilitate public-private partnerships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in East Asia, based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders. Its outputs include: (i) a report of the current state of PPPs for DRR in East Asia including a list of companies and…
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This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters. This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This handbook is designed for media professionals who are interested in issues regarding disaster risk reduction. It aims to help conceptualize the risks, expand knowledge on how to incorporate disaster risk reduction in current programmes, and design and develop appropriate programmes to communicate the risk with relevant audiences.
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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 Warning - Linking the disaster reduction and climate change communities - Disaster reduction and SIDS - B…
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A contribution to the preparations for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II): This document emphasizes the importance of urbanization for the level of risk of natural disasters and other phenomena, and highlights the need to address disaster management issues in the context of urban development planning. It analyses di…

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