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This study assesses how semi-structural and non-structural measures can decrease the flood risk beyond the local level, now and in the future, in the Meuse river basin, in the region of Limburg, in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is aimed: (i) to

This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Netherlands, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as storm, flood and earthquake.
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

This document presents the Netherlands storm surge warning service (SVSD), intended to monitor, inform, forecast and issue warnings for high water levels as part of the coastal defence system. It includes a presentation of its structure, organization

This joint report presents a cooperative audit based on eight individual national audit reports from Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and Ukraine, and a fact-finding study by the European Court of Auditors. It reveals that

This report describes Dutch context of flood risk management, institutions involved, disasters that influence flood risk policy and disaster management, flood protection standards for flood defenses, financial issues, urban planning and the choice not to

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This magazine reports on the third edition of the International Conference on National Safety and Security and features plenary session report on "Resilient citizens in a resilient society" led by UNISDR's Margareta Wahlström, pages 10-11. The

22nd Session CPL(22)2:

The objectives of this report are: to give a brief and general overview of the state of cities with respect to global trends in climate and other factors such as demographics and urbanisation; to analyse the factors that make a

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