Capacity GIS & Mapping

This study documents the use of flood-hazard mapping as a way of helping communities to devise plans that would help them develop warning and response systems. It allows communities to prepare a management plan that will boost their resilience to mitigate

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.

This book is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and prevention strategies.

A fully illustrated, 200-page book, Risk Wise offers perspectives, case studies and

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

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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

These guidelines are oriented to the needs of the decision-makers and provide a description of the range of mitigation options that need to be considered when making efforts to reduce losses from flooding. They are designed to introduce the reader to

This report documents the event of the Kocaeli Earthquake in Turkey in 1999. In addition to providing background information on the event, this report includes the following sections: the earthquake and its geologic effects, building and infrastructure damage, industrial facilities, and insured and economic losses. The report also includes a section on consequences and future implications.

WFP assistance to Bangladesh started in 1974 as a welfare relief operation focused on center-based feeding. Over the next decades it gradually evolved as a development intervention, in accordance with the evolving socioeconomic scenario of Bangladesh

This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It provides solutions to problems associated with disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and property.