Critical infrastructure

These guidelines address non-structural damage and vulnerability during an earthquake. Its objective is to indicate how the non-structural hazards can be quickly estimated by the hospital staff and how the same can be prevented at very small cost.

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A report released by the government of China states that more needs to be done to accelerate infrastructure construction in both rural and urban areas, to upgrade 'natural' disaster forecast and alert systems...

This report examines climate change in Russia and its neighbouring countries. Using case studies from the Arctic Region and the river valleys of central Russia, it surveys the effects of climate change on the environment, the economy and society and pays

This paper produces a brief description of Sarez Lake formation and its modern conditions in Tajikistan, Central Asia. It outlines proposed actions to be taken to under the 'Lake Sarez Mitigation Project', including: Design and installation of a

This booklet is a practical, and easy to comprehend, assistance manual for citizens to be prepared for emergency situations.

This document is a Russian contribution to the implementation of IDNDR programmes.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks at the opening of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction office and the ISDR Training Centre for Urban Risk Reduction in Incheon, Republic of Korea...

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This paper addresses the consideration that prevention is better than cure: that planning to minimize the effects of natural hazards is preferable to responding to the often disastrous effects of such hazards.

This paper is a

A contribution to the preparations for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II):

This document emphasizes the importance of urbanization for the level of risk of natural disasters and other phenomena, and highlights the