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Issue brief, winter 2010:

This paper analyses how destruction from major catastrophes significantly impacts the economic well‐being of residents, businesses, local governments and general taxpayers in the United States. It points ot the reasons why

This study provides a glimpse of the Integrated Community Based Risk Reduction (ICBRR) approach and key achievements from the implementation of a post-tsunami program in 43 villages of Aceh Besar, Aceh Jaya and Nias (Indonesia), and delves more deeply

VOV interviews Vu Van Tu, deputy head of the Department for Dyke Management and Flood and Storm Prevention and Control on preparations being made to protect the dyke system and cope with disasters during the flood and storm season...

'Natural as well as man-made disasters are growing all over the world including Pakistan. Timely preparedness, mitigation and response could effectively help in reducing the impacts both on humans as well as physical and economic losses' stressed Wolfgang Herbinger from WFP at a recent workshop...

The Philippines’ weather bureau is strengthing its disaster risk reduction and response programme by joining forces with a party-list group, local government units, and two companies, according to GMA News...

'Hazards do not necessarily become disasters, it is the combination of hazards and the level of vulnerability that intensify the impacts of disasters,' said Dr Vincent Little, Coordinator of the Caribbean Technical Agenda of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)...

Haiti 2010 earthquake response: seismic, geological and building hazards:

This draft for consultation proposes a plan of action following the January 12th 2010 Haiti earthquake with the following objectives: (i) to reduce the vulnerability of nearly 3.0

This paper presents the outcomes of a meeting convened to communicate about the major risk of disaster for the neighbouring villages and the inhabitants downstream following the land-slide hitting the Hunza River in January 2010. It analyses the situation