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The Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development calls for Thai businesses to incorporate natural disaster risks in their risk management plans and for the government to empower a single agency to take charge of natural disasters....

3D simulations will play an increasing role in design and construction to prevent future crises and will allow industrial and business operators to see visible proof of what could happen to potential customers and suppliers, and also reduce their disaster insurance costs...

The government has planned investment in water resource management, to prevent heavy floods, particularly in densely populated communities and business districts, as announced at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)...

Flooding had convinced Central Pattana Plc to revise the structural designs of its future shopping complexes to reduce natural hazard disaster risk...

The Bangkok Post announces that the government is planning to obtain overseas loans of up to 500 billion baht to finance flood prevention projects. 'We cannot allow this country to go through these problems again, thus we need to borrow from overseas'...

Children and youth are encouraged to play a greater role, not only as the most vulnerable group, but more importantly as a potential resource in awareness-raising and decision-making in the area of disaster-risk management...

Although many individuals and government agencies know more about managing floods than they do about other potential problems, Thai companies are not well prepared for disasters, says a risk expert...

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department to hold a meeting to discuss short- and long-term strategies for preventing floods and providing immediate assistance for flood victims in Bangkok and vicinity...