Documents and publications

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

Le Maroc a connu, lors de la dernière décennie (1994-2004), plusieurs catastrophes naturelles (séismes, inondations, crues torrentielles, invasions acridiennes, désertification, sécheresse, glissement de terrains …) et certains accidents technologiques

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

Portugal has made an effort in order to create legislation addressing disaster risk. For example, municipalities are obliged to identify flood risk areas and to use information in their Municipal Land use Plans; there are laws concerning prevention

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

The country report and progress made following the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is the collective effort of national government agencies, local government offices, non-government organizations, business groups, professional