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This document addresses disasters as part of the common risk factors which threaten women’s safety, specifically in urban environment, and the areas of women’s capacity, well-being and citizenship to be improved. It shares and promotes successful

This publication presents a review of the progress on the implementation of the action plan to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society in the Asia-Pacific region, including systems to assist, assess, reduce, monitor

In Spanish:

Este libro presenta los resultados de estudios para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad y la identificación de opciones de adaptación al cambio climático de la zona costera del Golfo de México, y los posibles escenarios socioeconómicos

In Spanish:

Este libro presenta los resultados de estudios para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad y la identificación de opciones de adaptación al cambio climático de la zona costera del Golfo de México, y los posibles escenarios socioeconómicos

From 22-26 March 2010, over 60 women working to empower grassroots women to take leadership in community development in cities and towns in 18 countries, came together for the fifth World Urban Forum, Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide...

According to the Nigerian news agency, the framework is intended to focus on institutional capacity, disaster risk reduction, preparedness, response/recovery and facilitation...

'Unfortunately, that is the reality (of what we are facing), if not worse,' said disaster specialist Amod Dixit, 'If Kathmandu is impacted with a shaking of an intensity IX on the Mercalli intensity scale, the aftermath is going to be much worse than in Haiti.'...

In response to the recent floods, the Mozambican government, mainly through its disaster management agency, INGC, and its international aid and development partners, have invested heavily in preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) measures...