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This reports outlines the work of the United Nations in Haiti over 2011. It focuses on core interventions and to presents an overview of the situation, progress and results achieved in 11 key areas: (i) Internally Displaced Persons; (ii) structural

Disaster prevention and water management experts are worried that the delay in discharging water from the dams could lead to a repeat of last year's catastrophic floods, as Thailand is expected to experience high rainfall this year due to the La Nina weather phenomenon...

'Every structure and especially government infrastructure must be built to that code and that needs to be retro-fitted and I think that is the direction we need to focus,' said Ronald Jackson, director general of the ODPEM...

AIR Worldwide, a global risk modeling firm, notes that the event may have been exacerbated by the fact that many small commercial buildings are built with materials that are not resilient against 'natural' disasters...

As the world struggles with the enormous challenge of climate change, educating communities is vital, especially in developing countries where the poorest are most at risk of the impacts...

'A second great opportunity is prevention. To prevent runaway damage from natural disasters, we must foster better disaster-risk reduction and preparedness'...

Community adaptation and risk reduction governance series, issue 2, December 2011:

This edition considers gender issues after disaster in Nias Island, North Sumatra, Indonesia, such as the Indian Ocean tsunami on 24 December 2004 and the 28 March 2005

As Haiti continues to make a slow recovery from the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the nation two years ago, its neighbour Dominican Republic is bracing itself to be better prepared for future disasters, embracing approaches that involve children and young people...