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This brochure, while providing an overview of the global context, seeks to explain what disaster risk reduction means for the International Federation and to set out a framework to help the 185 member National societies to make communities safer and more

Este mapa es el resultado del estudio "VULNERABILIDAD SÍSMICA DE MANAGUA" que a su vez es un componente del proyecto "REDUCCIÓN DE LA VULNERABILIDAD ANTE DESASTRES NATURALES".

Proyecto reducción de la vulnerabilidad ante desastres naturales: revisión y actualización del reglamento nacional de construcción:

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El presente documento contiene la propuesta del primer título del Reglamento Nacional de Construcción. Se

@local.glob, issue no. 3 – year 2006:

The document assists in facilitating and supporting efforts by governments, local authorities, international organizations, and multilateral financial and trade institutions to invest in reducing disaster risk and to

This presentation was given at the Workshop on National Platforms at the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, in August of 2008. This NP presentation includes information regarding: Context of Disaster Risk Reduction

This Action Plan was prepared in preparation for the Workshop on National Platforms at the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, in August of 2008. This Action Plan includes information regarding: Objectives, Activities

This collection of papers was written by different experts following the impact of Hurricane Mitch in Central America in October 1998. From regional and community perspectives, the authors describe how communities were organized, how they dealt with

This Resource Guide seeks to assist water professionals, politicians, gender specialists and others in their efforts to provide improved access to water for poor women, children and men all over the world.

The initial Resource Guide was launched during