New Zealand

This discussion paper explores existing river flood risk management practices in New Zealand, including the national context for flood risk management and looks at regional practices. The document then provides a brief overview of research in areas that

This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in New Zealand, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake and volcano.

This paper presents New Zealand’s public awareness activities, education programmes and school curricula in civil defence, and discusses school safety and disaster preparedness.

This paper presents New Zealand’s four-stage approach termed Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM) that covers reduction, readiness, response and recovery. It also discusses key features of risk-based emergency management and outlines country’s

This paper presents New Zealand’s emergency management reform which aims to replace existing response-oriented counter-disaster approach with a risk-based sustainable hazard management framework.

This case study presents emergency management practices in place for the city of Wellington, and discusses all hazards approach and different phases of the comprehensive emergency management concept.

This paper aims to both broaden and stimulate thinking about what emergency management should be about in the 21st century. It discusses key topics such as adoption of risk management approach within emergency management and government’s role in

This guide explains the things that can be done to make a house in New Zealand more resilient to earthquakes. It describes the stresses that earthquakes place on houses, and some risk factors that might make a house more or less susceptible to damage. It