Taiwan (China)

This Act ensures the development and improvement of a disaster prevention and response system that functions to protect the population, properties, and the homeland. It delegates regulating authority to various agencies depending on the type of disaster

This Bylaw should be interpreted in conjunction with Disaster Prevention and Protection Act.

The Bylaw outlines the logistical and operational procedures surrounding the Disaster Prevention and Response Plan. It establishes the responsibilities of

This issue of the newsletter edition features several updates and activities from the Resilience Development Initiative (RDI). These include: i) RDI workshops; ii) RDI to Taiwan; iii) MoU RDI-Unpar; iv) invited lectures; v) visits to RDI; vi) working

Sustainability 2016, 8(1), 64; doi:10.3390/su8010064:

This study uses biophysical vulnerability and social vulnerability data from Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) to assess the vulnerable areas in Hualien

This report presents three different case studies on disaster risk identification. Each of the case studies presents root causes of risk and risk drivers that lead to the construction of risk. Within these case studies from Taiwan, the Philippines and the

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 3, 761-789, 2015 www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/3/761/2015/ DOI: 10.5194/nhessd-3-761-2015:

This study seeks to systematically examine the relationships among the various physical and socioeconomic

Environment and urbanization 25.2:

This is the first of two issues of the Journal on what builds resilience to climate change in cities – and beyond this, what contributes to mitigation and the avoidance of dangerous climate change.

It includes case

EAP DRM knowledge notes, working paper series no 27:

This note briefly surveys existing evidence in developing countries with regard to the benefits and costs of various disaster risk reduction interventions so as to provide some general lessons for