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Meetings and conferences
In person
19 May 2009 - 21 May 2009
Jeddah

Regional workshop for the promotion of the regional implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction - Disaster risk reduction for sustainable development

The Arab region joins the rest of the world in facing an increase in natural hazards. The region is characterized by its harsh environment and has limited resilience to natural hazards events, which results in an increase in the number of natural disasters in the region. These disasters result from a group of factors including the increase in population…
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Expert talks about new flood risk guide

GENEVA, 1 May 2012 - "Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century" has just been published by the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. UNISDR was at the Geneva launch and got a short interview with one of the guide's lead authors, Abhas K. Jha, who leads the World Bank p…

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