Governance

150 Oxfam Briefing Paper:

As Pakistan faces another monsoon season and the likelihood of more disasters, the country is not prepared, asserts this paper. Many factors which have hampered the relief and reconstruction effort are still present, such as an

This year, the Great East Japan Earthquake is the focus of the Japan Cabinet Office white paper.

This document outlines the preliminary observations of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 (GLIDE number: EQ-2011-000028-JPN) including: its type, hypocenter, magnitude; the subsequent tsunami; effects of the earthquake and tsunami in terms of human casualties and economic damage; the disaster affected area; disaster preparedness measures; pre-disaster measures, including non-structural measures; and recovery efforts.

This paper is aimed to simulate population exposure and disaster resilience for developing adaptation strategies against the Earthquake beneath Tokyo Metropolitan.

This short publication responds to calls from AusAID staff for simple, practical guidance on what integration of disaster risk reduction, climate change and the environment may mean for their programs. While there is general consensus that these issues

This book was published for launch at the third Session of Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (GPDR) and it is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and

This paper presents German views on disaster risk management for sustainable development. It contains a section on linking theory and practice, which covers risk analysis, disaster preparedness, disaster prevention and mitigation, and aid and

This report examines the response to the Pakistan floods of 2010. It states that the frequency and severity of natural disasters are predicted to increase. Along with increases in population, especially in urban centres, the number of fatalities and the

This is an outline of the “Japan As One” work project response to the Great East Japan Earthquake undertaken by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

The Minnesota Disaster Recovery Assistance Framework is a resource document that provides assistance program information from state, federal, local, and voluntary agency resources following a disaster.