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Displaying 15 of about 22 resultsThis booklet was elaborated as "questions & answers" between a volcanologist and a volcano. It teaches children what a volcano is, the different types of volcanoes, and their level of risk. Then prevention is featured as a game, and instructions follow to be applied in emergency situations. This booklet includes several notes for parents and teacher…
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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This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). It represents a distillation of the wealth of experience that exists throughout the world on how to manage and reduce disaster risks. The Guide can help state…
The discussions in this booklet aim to address the complexity of risk in the Arab region, and present some tools which can be used by local governments, civil society and other institutions working in the field of environment and disaster risk reduction. In the Arab region the effects of human behavior on the environment has caused a growing concern sin…
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…
UNISDR Africa educational series, vol. 4, issue 1:
This booklet targets primary school children to sensitize them to the causes, impacts and mitigation of coastal and marine hazards, such as cyclone, tsunami, storm surge and flood, as well as other natural hazards such as drought, oil spill, ‘red tide’ and ‘brown tide’, and city fire.
This publication explores the interlinkages between the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It describes every SDG and its contribution to preventing new- and reducing existing disaster risk, and strengthening resilience.
Proceedings of the first session of the Global Platform Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, 5-7 June 2007, including:
Opening statement,
Extracts from opening address,
Introduction;
Section 1:
Raise awareness on reducing disaster risk
Addresses and interventions by heads of delegations
High level dialogue
Section 2:
Share natio…
This book provides guidance, policy orientation and inspiration, as well as serving as a reference for lessons on how to reduce risk and vulnerability to hazards and to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It is intended for people who have an interest in and practice disaster risk management and sustainable development.
Natural hazards can affect anyone,…
UN/ISDR Africa educational series, vol. 1, issue 3
This booklet describes us what can be done to protect the environment and in turn reduce the impact of disasters. It also provides definitions and explanations in school-friendly language, supported by success stories providing inspiration for others to contribute to disaster risk reduction by protecti…
This magazine provides considerable updated information on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Central Asia region. It also contributes to strengthening partnerships and to mobilising resources for regional DRR operations. It aims to contribute to making the region more efficient and better prepared to build a safer and more resilient environment.
The…
A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (WCESD), 31 March – 2 April 2009, Bonn:
In this concept note, DKKV and the UNISDR Thematic Platform on Knowledge and Education introduce their reflection on linking education for sustainable development and disaster risk management. The paper elucidates how disaster risk reduction supports educa…
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 international and national NGOs in Asian countries. It addresses thematic areas such as: climate ch…
Version 2.1 - draft for comment:
The purpose of this document is to describe the thematic classification system that has been developed, with the aim of promoting a better understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the development of an internationally recognized information classification and exchange standard. It is hoped that a clear set of…