National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

This publication presents the case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Guatemala to consider resettlement as part of a preventive measure, due to rapid and unplanned urbanization that have compounded vulnerabilities to natural disasters.

Chapter I

This study consists of a desk analysis of ten initially selected countries using available information provided by key informants from institutions working in those selected countries in disaster reduction project in the education sector. The four main

Study for the harmonization of knowledge and experience from the indigenous/local, technical and scientific spheres for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change (CC) programming:

The aim of the study is to visualize the current situation on the

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En el programa nacional de prevención y mitigación ante desastres 2009-2011 se enmarcan los objetivos y las acciones inmediatas que propone el Gobierno de Guatemala en materia de prevención y mitigación de desastres; así como estrategias de

La Mesa Nacional de Diálogo en Gestión para la Reducción de Riesgo a Desastres, es un espacio de convergencia y coordinación público-privada, de duración indefinida, cuyo propósito es elevar los consensos sobre la gestión para la reducción de riesgo a

El objetivo general de este programa es mejorar la capacidad de respuesta de la sociedad ante las amenazas y riesgos generados por el cambio climático por medio de la aplicación de instrumentos de gestión del territorio. Este documento sintetiza las acciones a realizar en el eje de Adaptación y Mitigación al Cambio Climático.

This is the 2nd edition of the Disaster Risk Management Program for Priority Countries, originally published by GFDRR in 2009. It now includes the country programmes missing in the first edition (Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, and Philippines, as

Brief overview of the disaster risk management (DRM) strides made in several Latin America and the Caribbean Region countries to date. It includes a set of country notes organised by country priority levels determined by the GFDRR.

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