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Ce rapport final porte sur l’évaluation et la prévention du risque de tsunami dans les côtes françaises, en métropole et en Outre-mer.
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This handbook aims at being used as guide to reduce the impact of disasters in cultural heritage properties. It describes the principles and the essential phases for planning a framework of risk preparedness for different forms of cultural heritage. The

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This report provides a summary of data collected in the flood assessment.
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Policies and plans
This Decree adopts the National Climate Change Adaptation Program of November 2007.
Unified New Orleans Plan-Citywide Strategic Recovery and Rebuilding Plan
Documents and publications
The Unified New Orleans Plan is the recovery and reconstruction plan for the city of New Orleans developed following Hurricane Katrina.
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This Law outlines the principles, division of labor, organization and implementation of the national disaster management system, including the role of international organizations.
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This special volume deals exclusively with disasters, a subject of particular relevance in view of the threat to cultural heritage by global climate change.
Cover and source: Government of Vietnam
Policies and plans
The general goal of the national strategy for natural disaster prevention, response and mitigation to 2020 is to mobilize all resources to effectively implement disaster prevention, response and mitigation from now up to 2020.

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