Information Management

This document presents the event held on 10-12 December 2007 in Geneva, which brought together stakeholders in disaster management and seeked to launch a number of practical initiatives. These are aimed at providing universal access to telecommunications

This publication presents, for the first time under one cover, the work being done by ITU's three Sectors (Radiocommunication, Standardization and Telecommunication Development) in the field of emergency telecommunications (or disaster communications)

This handbook is written to serve as a close companion to those involved in the noble work of providing as well as using telecommunications for disaster mitigation and relief. It simplifies and demystifies the complex technical issues that characterize

This document presents the ITU Framework for Cooperation in Emergencies (IFCE), which goals are to position the organization as the leader in providing telecommunications/ICT services and applications for disaster mitigation at all phases of disaster

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

This book seeks to provide the analytical tools needed to enhance national capacity for disaster response. The editors and authors begin with an overview that summarizes key lessons learned form the six country case studies in the volume. Next, they

This report reflects on progress in the past two years and the contributions made to support the Government’s efforts by the World Bank, the Asian Development bank and the United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support. It ends with an outline of what

This note is part of a broader effort to provide reliable post-disaster financial information and analysis. In particular, it reports on international experience with the financial database systems, but with a particular focus on the post-tsunami DAD, as

More than 400 professionals from 48 countries attended this meeting to identify lessons learned with regard to the preparedness for and response to two of the most devastating hurricanes of the last decades: Georges and Mitch. The recommendations in this

In Priority Five of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), strengthening preparedness for response at all levels, the HFA highlighted the essential role that disaster preparedness can play in saving lives and livelihoods particularly when integrated into