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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

This issue addresses floods as among the most destructive natural hazards causing extensive damage to infrastructure, public and private services, the environment, the economy and devastation to human settlements. It advocates for better preparedness at

Survivors of the Asian tsunami report that there were several massive waves that in rapid succession hammered the coast the Andaman Ocean provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, and Ranong, Trang and Satun on the morning of December 26, 2004. Those walls

Typically a child displays trauma by withdrawing, by becoming irritable or being aggressive when their trauma is not dealt with. Art and games are crucial to allow them to go back to their pre-trauma normality. These kits were thought to help them remind

This project report from UNESCO provides details of the work completed under the “Educational materials for education for natural disaster preparedness in Asia-Pacific in the context of education for sustainable development” project. Details of the

Thailand has been fully awarded of the increase of hazards and the impact of disaster. As the consequence, various disaster and risk reduction activities hace been continuously implementedby all government agencies concerned both at national and local

This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.

This book is based on interviews conducted by research teams in March and April 2005 with hundreds of tsunami survivors, government officials, human rights activists, and aid workers in five tsunami-affected countries-India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the

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