Cultural heritage

This disaster risk reduction situation report explains the drivers of disaster risk in Nepal and draws attention to the efforts that have been undertaken to reduce these risks. Within these efforts special attention is paid to the economics of DRR

In response to two devastating earthquakes which affected Nepal on 25 April and 12 May 2015, UNESCO is mobilizing its expertise and international support to help the country to recover. Today, 22 May, UNESCO is joining other partners starting a detailed Post-Disaster Needs Assessment to examine the full extent of the disaster and define a recovery strategy in areas of culture and education...

This newsletter outlines RDI activities from January to March 2015 with a profile of its lecture series in 2015 on disaster risk financing, cultural heritage focus on disaster risk management, and water conservation.

RDI further highlights an enhancement

The main goal of the detailed needs assessment is to gauge the full extent of a disaster’s impact on the country and, based on these findings, to implement an adequate recovery strategy. The assessment report highlighted the value of traditional knowledge, as an element of resilience, particularly traditional building techniques...

This report presents three different case studies on disaster risk identification. Each of the case studies presents root causes of risk and risk drivers that lead to the construction of risk. Within these case studies from Taiwan, the Philippines and the

The recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal left a wide swath of devastation, and the death toll keeps rising. As the Nepalese cope with the tragedy, there are lessons for the U.S. and other countries to learn when it comes to disaster preparedness. To discuss this topic, Knowledge@Wharton sat down with Howard Kunreuther, co-director of Wharton’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center and professor of operations and information management.'What happened in Nepal is something that happens everywhere in the world. If something doesn’t happen for a long period of time, ‘it isn’t going to happen to me’ is basically how people feel,' Kunreuther says.

'My greatest worry is that there are many wonderful structures that are not that visible and famous, but are actually the centers of religious communities and hold these communities together,' said Alexander von Rospatt, a professor of Buddhist and South Asian studies at the University of California-Berkeley in a USA Today report on Nepal's loss of cultural heritage...

Building on existing collaborations, these Resilient Lands and Waters partnerships - located in southwest Florida, Hawaii, Washington and the Great Lakes region - will help build resilience in regions vulnerable to climate change and related challenges. They will also showcase the benefits of landscape-scale management approaches and help enhance the carbon storage capacity of these natural areas...