Collections of topic and resource guides

Keep up to date with the latest topic guides on the PreventionWeb knowledge base. These pages bring together a selection of reference material on various disaster risk reduction topics and emerging trends.

Airplane from above
04 Mar 2024
Airports are a key sector for which the potential impacts of disaster, natural hazards and climate change could be particularly challenging. Understanding and strengthening airport infrastructure is a critical step toward building resilience.
Floods in Sanamxay district, Lao PDR
04 Mar 2024
This collection compiles solutions implemented in LDCs to prevent disasters and reduce risk.
Aerial view of flooded houses
04 Mar 2024
These are key resources to understand more on how climate change increases disaster risk.
03 Aug 2021

The fall armyworm is an insect that can cause significant damage to crops, especially maize. This collection showcases information about risk assessment, crop variations, integrated pest management, and biological control methods.

04 Mar 2024
Urban heat islands occur when human activity and construction create higher temperatures in urban areas than the surrounding landscape.
04 Mar 2024
As climate change and disasters increasingly wreak havoc, legal systems will likewise begin holding companies, governments and individuals more accountable for their climate emissions and risk negligence.
04 Mar 2024
Examples of innovative DRR initiatives supported by citizen science and crowd-sourcing.
04 Mar 2024
A collection of resources for the media covering disasters and disaster risk reduction efforts.

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