Documents and publications

This initiative has provided an overall integrated framework for strengthening early warning systems in the Indian Ocean, and has been focusing on key components that include core system implementation, integrated risk management, public awareness and

Although DSS is a natural phenomenon that has affected Northeast Asia for thousands of years, it has occurred more frequently in the past 50 years. Its geographic coverage has expanded and the intensity of damage increased largely because of continued

This book offers a comprehensive account of early warning systems developed for hydro-meteorological disasters such as floods, storms, etc. and for geological disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic activity or mountain hazards. One major theme is the

Community participation has been recognized as the additional element in disaster management necessary to reverse the worldwide trend of exponential increase in disaster occurrence of and loss from small- and medium-scale disasters, build a culture of

This is an abridged version of the publication UNCDR Tapestry: community based disaster management activities.

This publication is a compendium of efforts on Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) made by UNCRD during the years leading up to the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005. Using the VCA Tool (Vulnerability and Capability Assessment) NGOs

UNDP has been supporting various initiatives of the central and state Governments to strengthen the disaster management capacities for nearly a decade. UNDP proposes to accelerate capacity building in disaster reduction and recovery activities at the

This report draws on the experiences of many organisations and individuals during and following the tsunami.

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, President William J. Clinton, has identified many lessons concerning