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This document is the second volume of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. After confirming in the first volume on “The Physical Science Basis” that climate change is occurring now, mostly as a result of human activities, this volume illustrates the impacts

The earthquake which struck Iran on the 23rd of December, 2003 destroyed most of Bam city and the nearby villages and according to the latest estimates the official death toll exceeded 26,000 with more than 30,000 injuries and 75,000 left homeless.
The

This document provides a baseline on which a strategy for Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) within the Caribbean will be designed.  CDM has been defined under the DERMS project as including integrated management of all natural and human-induced

This document is a ‘how-to’ reference manual for all stakeholders engaged in development at all levels, who in their daily work need to understand basic concepts, terminologies, methodologies and available tools to address their risks. It provides

In 1987 and 1988, Bangladesh experienced disastrous floods from the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers. These events stimulated considerable international interest in helping Bangladesh deal with its flood problem. In June 1989, the World Bank agreed to a

The overall purpose of the study was to develop a socio-economic profile of WFP’s six priority rural areas of Bangladesh based on a logical framework of the linkages between food security, nutritional status, livelihoods, and socio-economic indicators.
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This document contains EERI fundamental guidelines to elaborate an earthquake scenario, an instrument widely used to better understand and help plan for the future. A successful scenario tells the story of a defined earthquake and its specific impacts. It

In the last years a number of International and National associations suggested guidelines for extreme natural events risk analysis.
CRATER project started from these guidelines and from data gathered after the tsunami of 26th December 2004, with the main