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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsThis 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…
Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:
A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed in the region surrounding disaster risk reduction, as guided by the principles and priorities set o…
The Asia-Pacific disaster report, 2010:
This report addresses the exponential increase of disaster risks in Asia-Pacific, as a result of the compounding effects of inequitable economic growth patterns, population pressures and extreme climatic events. It is centred on the thinking that good efforts made by Asia-Pacific countries in reducing vulnerabil…