International Recovery Platform

In Spanish:

El Presidente de la República Dominicana, Danilo Medina, aprobó mediante el Decreto No. 275-13 el “Plan Nacional de Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastres en la República Dominicana”, cuyo propósito es definir los lineamientos de política y

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 100, November 2013:

This 100th issue takes stock of a wide variety of issues from the field of disaster risk reduction. It contains articles covering emerging issues such as the rebuilding process in Uttrakhand, building

This paper builds on the hypothesis that a successful post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) needs to better address underlying risk factors over a long timeframe and engage directly more pertinent actors such as local government leaders and the private sector. The paper explores the possible priority issues (the "substance") that should be highlighted in the post-2015 framework for DRR, setting the parameters for who (the "actors") and how (the "form") the substance should be included and the actors engaged.