Organization directory

Organization profiles of organizations whose work scopes have stakes in the field of disaster risk reduction.

The goal of BIDR is to carry out research on the desert environment, required for promoting sustainable uses of the Negev Desert and other drylands the world over.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

Advanced knowledge of seismic hazards and their effects will diminish impacts of future earthquakes.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

The main purpose of the EDM is to produce "Frontier Research on Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Urban Regions." The major research activities are performed by three research teams: the disaster process simulation team, the disaster information

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), headquartered at the University of Southern California, was founded in 1991 with a mission to: gather data on earthquakes in Southern California and elsewhere; integrate information into a comprehe

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

DRM is a network for applied research, implementation, and dissemination in the field of disaster risk management.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific
Since its inception in 1944, the World Bank has expanded from a single institution to a closely associated group of five development institutions.
Organization type
UN & International Organizations

The Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) is an interdisciplinary centre based at Middlesex University. The aim of the FHRC is to develop our understanding of the relations between people, water and the environment.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

ECOWAS is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975. Its mission is to promote economic integration in "all fields of

Organization type
Governments

CUSEC is a partnership of the federal government and the seven states most affected by an earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

Organization type
Networks and Others

An organization of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, the National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning and recovery.

Organization type
Governments

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