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UNDP brief 2 - Disaster risk assessment

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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This brief defines risk assessment and presents an 7 steps approach for comprehensive risk assessment, arguing that understanding the interaction of hazards, exposure and vulnerability is crucial to effective disaster prevention. It also presents UNDP support services in risk assessment through examples of the multifaceted activities implemented by UNDP, including two good practices in Indonesia and Mexico.

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Themes Risk identification and assessment
Country and region Indonesia Mexico
Number of pages
3 p.
Publication year
2010

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