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This document presents a summary of the DKKV study concerning the lessons learned from the 2002 disaster in the Elbe region.

The present study addresses the urgent need to link disaster reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA), while critically reflecting on opportunities and limitations. On the basis of a review of current strategies to link DRR and CCA at the

JRC scientific and technical reports:

This document contains a summary of the country presentations, group activities, case studies, and results carried out during the second Natech workshop, which hold on 17-18 September 2007 in Stresa, Italy. It aims

Report for the period 2007-2009:

The main objective of this report is to identify key trends in terms of progress made and challenges faced at both national and regional levels through the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Europe

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This paper presents German views on disaster risk management for sustainable development. It contains a section on linking theory and practice, which covers risk analysis, disaster preparedness, disaster prevention and mitigation, and aid and

The aim of this baseline protection concept is to reduce the vulnerability of critical infrastructures to natural eventsand accidents as well as terrorist attacks and criminal acts. In this context it focuses on building-related, organisational, personal

This document analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weatherrelated loss events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.), based on the assessments of the Munich Re database NatCatSERVICE®. It addresses disaster risk reduction as a

Natural hazards adversely affect hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year and cause extensive property damage. In 2007, a year that was not considered an exceptional one for natural hazards, natural hazards caused an estimated 14,600 deaths and