Words into Action Implementation Guide for Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Strategies

This paper looks at how community-based recovery initiatives in Turkey following the 1999 earthquakes have transformed into initiatives around larger issues of building resilience and risk reduction. It examines the nature of their relationships with the

This publication puts forward an integrated analytic framework for risk governance. It provides guidance for the development of comprehensive assessment and management strategies to cope with risks, in particular at the global level. The framework

This paper reviews what local governments in more than 50 cities are doing with regard to disaster risk reduction. It draws on the reports of their participation in the global Making Cities Resilient Campaign and its 10 essential components, and on

The study looks at the relation between urban climate change impacts and the quality of housing and other buildings, infrastructure, and services in the urban area. Well-governed cities that have greatly reduced these risks have accumulated resilience to

This plan is prepared as per the guidelines provided by the National Disaster Management Authority, and based on existing hazard vulnerability and risk perception of the various stakeholders. The roles and functions to be played by the different organs of

This Plan presents an updated version of the State Disaster Management Plan 2012, now taking into consideration new developments that have taken place since the adoption of the plan. The plan also presents lessons learned during the course of

The aim of this guidebook is to advise local governments on developing and implementing a holistic and integrated local DRR strategy that contributes to building resilience at the local scale.

This Handbook for Local Government Leaders provides mayors, governors, councillors and others with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose.

This report documents a baseline study to identify the type of authorities and capacities that local governments possess to undertake actions for DRR and making cities resilient conducted by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UΝDRR).

This report presents recommended indicators to monitor the global targets of the Sendai Framework, the follow-up to and operationalization of the indicators and recommended terminology relating to disaster risk reduction.

The open-ended intergovernmental