The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.
UN Member States are exploring a legally binding instrument to better protect people before, during, and after disasters.
The central feature of the Kyoto protocol is its requirement that countries limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. By setting such targets, emission reductions took on economic value.
To help countries meet their emission targets, and to
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
This report is one of four status reports on disaster preparedness planning covering four countries; Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The purpose of these reports is to provide an opportunity for the reader to get a quick overview of the current
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
This review of the active portfolio of World Bank projects aimed at improving urban environmental quality was carried out during 2002-03 in order to assess the level of commitment of the institution to urban sustainability. The review focuses on the
This Working Paper presents a cross-directorate report on the economic, budgetary, regulatory and urban policy implications of the earthquakes which struck the Marmara and Bolu areas of Turkey on 17 August and 12 November 1999. The earthquakes caused high casualties and significant material damage to property, with severe effects on economic activity. The Report traces the factors underlying Turkey’s vulnerability to earthquake damage, along a known active fault line, to deficiencies in risk identification procedures and risk-reduction methods, as well as to the absence of risk transfer and financing techniques. It suggests that these deficiencies may stem from the nature of recent Turkish economic development, which has been driven by the need to assimilate a mass migration from the countryside to the cities and has been associated with extremely high and variable inflation.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Disaster Risk Management Working Paper Series, no. 5.
This paper examines the ways in which natural resources management and environmental degradation affect natural hazard risk, and makes a preliminary assessment of the importance of such linkages and
This study, commissioned by the ICIMOD as a part of the Global Mountain Initiative is broadly concerned with understanding and evaluating the land policies, the land management practices, and land degradation that have resulted over time in the Hindu Kush
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
El caso peruano: el presente manual, constituye una herramienta práctica para los profesionales que realizarán la Estimación del Riesgo y una guía que orientará en la elaboración de los respectivos Informes; con la finalidad de contribuir a
In 1987 and 1988, Bangladesh experienced disastrous floods from the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers. These events stimulated considerable international interest in helping Bangladesh deal with its flood problem. In June 1989, the World Bank agreed to a
