Documents and publications

This special volume deals exclusively with disasters, a subject of particular relevance in view of the threat to cultural heritage by global climate change.

The general goal of the national strategy for natural disaster prevention, response and mitigation to 2020 is to mobilize all resources to effectively implement disaster prevention, response and mitigation from now up to 2020.

This report aims to extract lessons learned from the ILO’s Aceh Programme in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004, and propose good practices for future ILO crisis responses.

This report presents a preliminary assessment of the damage and losses caused by the May 2006 earthquake that struck Yogyakarta and Central Java.

The Royal Government of Bhutan is making systematic efforts to move towards adopting a strategy of holistic disaster management involving and encompassing every administrative wing as well as the common people to inculcate a mindset of prevention.

This document presents the proceedings of the special session which had two main themes in the context of the ICCROM/World Heritage Centre partnership, to promote the integration of the traditional knowledge systems into risk management strategies.

The Hazard Mitigation Policy (HMP) has been designed to reinforce the institutional and popular hazards mitigation. The Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP) details the HMP orientations with more specific measures.

This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development.