The objective of the Bolivia Urban Resilience Project is to reduce vulnerability to hydrometeorological hazards and improve living conditions in selected low-income areas in participating municipalities...
Este relatório aponta que as práticas da gestão de riscos de desastres (GRD) é uma característica que define as sociedades resilientes e, portanto, deve ser ‘integrada’ em todos os aspectos do desenvolvimento...
Japan is an island arc country located in the northwest of the Pacific Rim. In light of Japan’s geographical and climatological features, the country’s natural hazards comprise weather, climate, ocean...
This summary report aims to provide a knowledge base for policy and decision makers that will allow governments and sponsor organizations to understand the fundamental operations of weather, climate, and...
River and basin management covers various factors, including disaster management, river water use, and conservation of the river environment. Any of these factors involves a number of intricately intertwined...
This report argues that the practice of disaster risk management (DRM) is a defining characteristic of resilient societies, and should therefore be integrated, or 'mainstreamed', into all aspects of development...