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El Informe complementa (para América Latina y el Caribe), los resultados del “Informe de evaluación global sobre la reducción del riesgo de desastres – GAR 2013", de la UNISDR (Ginebra, mayo de 2013) y acoge los umbrales establecidos en el GAR 2011 para esta región: riesgo extensivo se refiere a pérdida de menos de 25 vidas humanas o menos…
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…
In Spanish:
Esta publicación tiene por objeto presentar a los países de América Latina y sus líderes, datos estadísticos y tendencias históricas sobre las pérdidas por desastres en la región, tanto las relacionadas con los eventos grandes como con los medianos y pequeños, distribuidos geográficamente a nivel de municipios, provincial, departamental o e…
This report analyses disaster risks for South Eastern Europe at both the country and sub-regional levels, emphasizing transboundary disaster risks and their effects. Risk assessments for all the member countries have been prepared, and country-level and regional issues and potential areas of cooperation are addressed. The report was developed by the Sou…
This report describes the methodology used in Albania for historical disaster loss collection, the sources of data used and an analyze of the losses divided in different category groups. The historical collection of loss data is a concrete example on how disasters data can enhance the understanding of the impacts of disasters and can provide information…
This background paper provides a resource for the relative analysis of volcanic hazard and risk around the world on the basis of regions and individual countries with volcanoes that have been active in the last 10,000 years. Global information can mask the fact that there are great variations between countries with active volca…
This document presents an analysis of the connections among population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risk reduction. Amongst the main findings are that public policies should increase governance and guide urban sustainable development in order to anticipate future levels of exposure, by enhancing land-use plans, climate change adaptati…