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Displaying 30 of about 211 resultsThis report analyses public investment planning for disaster risk reduction (DRR) mainstreaming in Guinea-Bissau, as part of UNDRR’s programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities”. It does this through a risk-sensitive budget review (RSBR) analysis, which uses the Organisation for Ec…
This report provides an analysis of public investment planning for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in The Gambia and informs on the level of public investment in DRR in the country. This is done using a risk-sensitive budget review (RSBR) that applies the OECD DAC DRR policy marker to The Gambia’s domestically financed capital budgets. The RSBR analysis i…
This report summarises GFDRR’s areas of major impacts and use of resources from its inception until fiscal year (FY) 2010, and indicates that coming years will be more promising. It aims not only to serve as the comprehensive overview of the impact of preceding GFDRR activities for FY 2010, but also as the benchmark for present and future role of GFDRR…
This issue includes:
Editorial -
Voices & Ideas:
- Chosica: Prevention Bears Fruit
- Crisis or Mitigation?: The role of relationships between institutions and communities in disaster recovery assistance
- Contingency plans for coping with disasters: A need that cannot be postponed
- Agents of Change: The Role of Children and Youth in Disaster
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Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Second Session, Geneva, Switzerland, 16-19 June 2009:
This document gathers the proceedings of the second session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which provided an opportunity to share disaster risk reduction experiences and lessons learned, to review progress and challenges as well as t…
This document presents a simple approach to elaborate a scenario regarding the potential impacts of a tsunami in a city exposed to such a hazard. The approach has been tailored to span eleven typical development sectors which are present in every city such as health, education, housing, life-lines, transportation, telecommunications, industry, governmen…
Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery annual report 2008:
This report addresses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s activities in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in development for 2008. It features how GFDRR increased its strategic partnerships with organizations in Africa…
This annual report of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction's (UNISDR) Regional Office for the Americas highlights that the office seeks to promote increasingly wider synergies and partnerships among different stakeholders at all levels with the goal of building stronger linkages among disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate ch…
This country document for Bolivia represents a collaborative effort between DIPECHO partners in country and national authorities to provide a country document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This document aims not only to orient ECHO/DIPECHO funding as with previous Country Documents, but provide a more holistic approach to DRR at the country level a…
This is the second Thematic Think Piece on Disaster Risk and Resilience developed by UN entities to support discussions on the post-2015 development agenda. The paper outlines the modus operandi of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction partnership in working with and empowering stakeholders to build partnerships and political legitimacy for…
This publication reports on the outcomes of a pilot project to ‘operationalize’ the Making Cities Resilient Campaign in three cities in Africa – Narok and Kisumu in Kenya and Moshi in Tanzania, commenced in 2012 by the UNISDR regional office for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. It also describes disaster prevention activities undertaken by pilot cities, an…
The primary conviction of this report is driven by a concern that people’s exposure and vulnerability, experienced individually and collectively, continue to be twin challenges for the Asia-Pacific region. Faced with growing economic losses and increasingly vulnerable populations, this report has analyzed the drivers of risks and the strategies that are…
This report provides a snapshot of resilience building activities at the local level and identifies trends in the perceptions and approaches of local governments toward disaster risk reduction. It examines factors that enable urban disaster risk reduction activities, including how the global campaign Making Cities Resilient – “My City is Getting Ready!”…
The UNISDR Asia-Pacific Biennial Report, 2010-2011:
The UNISDR Asia Pacific Regional Office (UNISDR-AP) seeks to constantly demonstrate the benefits of investing in disaster risk reduction and generate strong political support for actions at regional, national and local levels.
This report focuses on achievements and outlines what is in store for the…
This monthly newsletter aims to highlight UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the disasters in 2011 that set a new record of $366 billion in economic losses; (ii) the 2010 and 2011 Pakistani floods; (iii) the call for the Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction's (DRR) adoption in the Philippines; (iv) crisis mapping; (…