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This document presents case studies that have incorporated environmental (ecological) aspects in flood management. The four case studies focus on:

• Trinity River Restoration Program, USA
• Channel-widening and open check dam in the Upper Drau River

The project examined policy impact on coastal forest management and community-based forest management, including local knowledge to recommend best practices of coastal forest management, integration with human settlement planning and facilities to

This solutions brief offers lessons from Japan for developing countries seeking to increase the safety of the built environment through the use of building regulation as a tool, in an incremental, context-specific approach. The brief summarises lessons

This publication takes stock of urban resilience efforts globally under the framework of all 6 major inter-governmental agendas (New Urban Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals, Sendai Framework, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Paris Agreement, Humanitarian

This report is an outcome of the research carried out in the second year of the APN-funded project on Assessing Community Risk Insurance Initiatives and Identifying Enabling Policy and Institutional Factors for Maximizing Climate Change adaptation and

Okinawa, Japan, located southwest of the country, is heavily dependent on tourism, the largest economic sector in the region. Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, the Okinawa Prefectural Government launched the Tourism Crisis

ARISE is an initiative of UNISDR and is a recognized private sector stakeholder group. Over 140 companies and organizations, headquartered in 38 countries and active in 150 countries around the world, work with UNISDR to realize disaster resilient

In December 2015, a resolution jointly proposed by 142 countries including Japan on the creation of a World Tsunami Awareness Day, was adopted by consensus at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The objectives of the World Tsunami