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Henry David Venema, IISD's Director of Sustainable Natural Resources Management and Water Innovation Centre looks at what lessons Manitoba's 2009 Red River flood offers and discusses how building resilience to future floods requires that we make a

This report builds on international efforts over the past decade to develop more gender-sensitive approaches to disaster risk management. It addresses recent initiatives by researchers, practitioners and policy makers to promote gender mainstreaming.

The

ICLR research paper series - no. 31

This paper discusses the implications of climate change for natural hazards that threaten Canada’s cities, explores the expected impacts of this changing hazard variable and identifies strategies for adaptation that

A variety of factors can cause emergencies, such as natural disasters or man-made disasters. Whatever the cause, Public Safety Canada works to reduce their impact.

Learn more about what Public Safety Canada is doing in the following areas:

* Disaster

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide local authorities and communities along the Pacific Coast of Canada with information that will allow them to evaluate the many options available to provide notification and warning to the public of a potential or

The paper outlines the road to a 1.5 billion, 15 year commitment by the government of British Columbia to school seismic safety. Over the course of a concerted one and a half year public education, media and lobbying campaign, school seismic safety has

This publication profiles 12 examples of local government achievements towards sustainability and the specific partnerships with a variety of actors that have contributed to that success. No matter where they are located, partners are inevitably

Earthquakes have shaken British Columbia since the time of Indian legend. Southwest B.C. is in a dynamic geological setting called a subduction zone, similar to that in western Mexico. Earthquakes are a particular concern for schools with their large