Preparedness

This working paper discusses key methodological aspects and findings from cost-benefit analysis of disaster risk management strategies in a detailed case study in Uttar Pradesh, India. It also provides a backdrop for other case studies carried out under

This guide aims to raise emergency managers’ awareness about disabled people’s problems and needs, and on ways of addressing these. It begins with lessons from previous events and research, then discusses approaches to creating effective partnerships with

This document of the Good Practice Review aims to help disaster planners and managers appreciate the significance of hazards (primarily natural hazards) and the risks associated with them; appreciate the need for risk management in project planning and

This case study is about preparing the urban communities for earthquake hazard through organizing the communities and activating the service providers(organizations responsible for responding to earthquake hazard).

Being a pilot initiative, the project

This publication is published under RCC programme on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development Policy, Planning and Implementation in Asia of ADPC Bangkok.

It contains:

1. Introduction to RCC programme on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk

'We really have to wake up now, survival is at its most given the past experience. We really have to be prepared than we have been before' said Tarsis Kabwegyere, Minister of disaster preparedness and refugees...

This series of attractive illustrated booklets follows a family as they learn about how to cope with disaster risk in a rural earthquake zone. Each brochure covers a single topic: introduction to disasters; organization of a local emergency committee

Lessons in Danger, the result of a joint OECD-US Department of Education collaboration, provides valuable insight into how school safety and security, particularly in emergency situations, are addressed in over 14 countries. Addressing such issues as risk