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Recopilación de herramientas para la gestión local del riesgo: apoyo a las autoridades locales de ciudades de América Central para la gestión del riesgo

In Spanish: Recopilación de Herramientas para la Gestión Local del Riesgo, realizada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos, UN-Habitat con el apoyo del International Development Research Centre – IDRC (Canadá), en el marco del Proyecto Apoyo a las Autoridades Locales de Ciudades de América Central para la Gestión Local de…
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Natural hazard mitigation and insurance: the United States and selected countries have similar natural hazard mitigation policies but different insurance approaches

Natural hazards adversely affect hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year and cause extensive property damage. In 2007, a year that was not considered an exceptional one for natural hazards, natural hazards caused an estimated 14,600 deaths and $70 billion in property losses. For that year, the insurance industry covered $23.3 billion in loss…
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Total disaster risk management: good practices 2005

This book, consisting of two parts, the theory of Total Disaster Risk Management (TDRM) and good practices for disaster risk management, was compiled for the purpose of promoting TDRM as a comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction worldwide. It was published for the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction (held in Kobe, Japan 18-22 January 20…

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