Colombia

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

Este manual se ha realizado, por lo tanto, con el propósito de que sirva como una guía técnica idónea en donde se presentan alternativas de intervención o rehabilitación sísmica para disminuir la vulnerabilidad de las edificaciones existentes de adobe y

The UNISDR secretariat launches this new publication featuring nine National Platform case studies in an effort to inspire and support the birth of new National Platforms, and also to strengthen existing ones. Governments increasingly recognize the need

The Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Relief (BCPR) of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) took the task of promoting the Regional Project "Systematization and Dissemination of Best Practices in Disaster Relief and Local Risk Management in the

The general objective of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre is to reduce the vulnerability of people to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. To achieve this, the Climate Centre has developed a comprehensive approach. It

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Esta publicación se edita en el marco del Programa PREANDINO, creado por la CAF con el objetivo central de apoyar a Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela en la formulación de políticas nacionales, sectoriales y territoriales de

World Bank policy research working paper 3939, June 2006.

Cost-benefit analysis is a standard tool for determining the efficiency of planned projects. However, one of the major difficulties in risk mitigation investments is that benefits are by nature

Si, existe una dependencia que tiene a su cargo la coordinación de las acciones del Sistema Nacional para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres, esta es la Dirección de Prevención y Atención de Desastres, dependiente estructuralmente del Ministerio del