The training is aimed at building critical mass of professionals oriented towards resilient recovery on shelter, infrastructure, web based flood risk assessment system of Hyogo Prefecture and pre-disaster recovery planning to enhance their capacity to

Designing the territory adaptation capacities against natural risks has become an essential issue. Building adapted urban networks and cities that will face risk events induces to think this adaptation in a long term perspective. This adaptation capacity

A Report of a CSIS Task Force in Partnership with Keidanren On April 11, 2011, CSIS, in partnership with Keidanren, formed a task force of prominent Americans to examine ways the United States and Japan can partner on recovery and reconstruction from the

The objective of this workshop is to provide participants with an opportunity to improve their knowledge and skills in disaster risk management through the sharing of knowledge and information, in particular the means to strengthen the local community

Course contents • Basic terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction: hazard, disaster, risk, vulnerability, capacity, coping capacity, disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management, mitigation, preparedness, prevention, early warning, recovery, response

Presentation The over 40 million inhabitants of the two dozen Caribbean islands are at the front line of vulnerability to natural disasters. More specifically, more so than any other region, the Caribbean is home to relatively frequent hurricanes

This workshop will highlight disaster management, risk reduction, response, mitigation, recovery and updates in awareness and information systems. This is the first international workshop on updates in disaster and emergency management which will take