Disaster risk management

This report evaluates the perception and preparedness, flood impacts, and recovery of Lewis County (Washington) businesses affected by the December 2007 Pacific Northwest Floods. It specifically addresses the type of businesses engaged in pre-event flood

This document reports on a situation assessment of two informal communities in the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala. It assesses the potential for developing an urban disaster risk reduction program within the metropolitan’s precarious settlements -

Asian disaster management news, May-August 2010, vol.16, no.2:

This new issue focuses on the implementation of the 'Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015' (HFA) in Asia and the Pacific through its five specific Priorities for Action. The issue has two

This case study reports on a two-day meeting gathering Chinese government departments including agriculture, health, climate change, disaster management and meteorological office with Chinese Red Cross counterparts, where participants acquired a better

Sri Lanka Red Cross Society joined hands with the Disaster Management Centre to commemorate the International day for disaster reduction, announced by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), with various activities held throughout the country...

This document looks at the numbers that make GEF the world's leading public financial fund investing in the joint management, care, and restoration of our planet. It assesses the positive impact of the GEF financial mechanism for key international

A new online system for information on disaster risk reduction projects in the Asia-Pacific region released by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center intends to increase collaboration and cooperation on conceptualization, planning and programming among stakeholders...

'It is vitally important that all stakeholders support the process and bring to the table constructive suggestions and solutions that provide for the implementation of adequate risk reduction measures' said Governor McCleary, in his first message to the Territory to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction...