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The primary physical structures, technical facilities and systems whose disruption, failure or destruction have a serious impact on the functioning of society, the economy or the state within a natural hazard induced disaster context.
UN Secretary-General warns: 'Economic losses from disasters are out of control'
15 May 2013, UNISDR NY
'The beginnings of changing attitudes in the private sector now need to transform into a more systematic approach to disaster risk management in partnership with the public sector to make the world a safer place. This will be a major focus of next week's Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva,' said UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström. The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013 From Shared Risk to Shared Value: the Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction was launched today by the Secretary-General...
- Indicator 4.2 [PDF, 102Kb]Social development policies and plans are being implemented to reduce the vulnerability of populations most at risk
- Indicator 4.3 [PDF, 93Kb]Economic and productive sectorial policies and plans have been implemented to reduce the vulnerability of economic activities
- Indicator 4.6 [PDF, 85Kb]Procedures are in place to assess the disaster risk impacts of major development projects, especially infrastructure
- Indicator 5.3 [PDF, 86Kb]Financial reserves and contingency mechanisms are in place to support effective response and recovery when required.
- World environmental and water resources congress 2013: 'Showcasing the future'19-22 May 2013, United States of America (Cincinnati, OH)
- Seventh national seismic conference on bridges and highways20-22 May 2013, United States of America (Oakland)
- 7th International conference on river basin management22-24 May 2013, United Kingdom (Ashurst, Southampton)
- Resilient Organisations PhD research programmeResOrgs, New Zealand (Christchurch)
- Diplomado internacional de especialización en derechos humanos, gestión del riesgo y políticas públicas de prevención de desastres en América Latina y el CaribeHenry Dunant Fndn Lat Am, Chile (Santiago del Chile)
- Disaster management and humanitarian assistance certificateUH Mānoa, United States of America (Manoa, Hawaii)
Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 20132013, UNISDR
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom2013, NCCARF
Asia Natural hazards economic exposure risk map 2012Aug 2012, Maplecroft
Nicaragua: Infrastructure exposed to volcanic hazard (ash fall)2010, COPECO, Honduras - gov; BGR, Germany - gov; INETER, Nicaragua - gov; INSIVUMEH, Guatemala - gov; SNET, El Salvador - gov
El Salvador: Infrastructure exposed to inundation hazard2010, COPECO, Honduras - gov; BGR, Germany - gov; SeagrassNet; INETER, Nicaragua - gov; INSIVUMEH, Guatemala - gov
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