Community-based DRR

The purpose of this document is to provide businesses with information to assist them in increasing their protection from disasters. IBHS, a nonprofit initiative of the insurance industry, developed Open for Business specifically for small to mid-sized

Your local media are great vehicles for reaching a larger audience and relaying fire safety messages for people ages 50 and older. The following tips will help you get results from the media.

This report provides an overview of priorities for tsunami early warning systems in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. It aims to guide the policy and programming of the ESCAP Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the

With the support of the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Department, ACTED is implementing the rehabilitation and cleaning of irrigation canals, embankments and dykes to prevent the risk of flooding...

‘Views from the Frontline’, the first independent assessment of progress in implementing the HFA at the local level, reveals a significant gap between national and local level action: issues to be addressed at the Global Platform...

The first independent study assessing the progress undertaken in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action at local level identifies a significant gap between national and local level action. The report, conducted by the Global Network of Civil Society

This manual intends to focus on issues that are critical to the needs of people with disabilities. Identifying these issues will make management efforts easier and more effective when disaster arrives. The management includes mitigation, preparedness

This paper advocates to take into account the changing risk profile facing the disaster-prone poor in Bangladesh into policy interventions aimed at preventing deluge losses and supporting improvement in managing disaster risks.

It presents survey