Japan

This report introduces Japanese disaster simulation drills as a model to help other countries plan and implement disaster simulation drill exercises. Rather than provide a manual for planning a simulation drill, this report aims to introduce a menu of

This regional assessment documents experiences on ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and its linkages with biodiversity in Asia. It highlights opportunities to catalyse actions for Eco-DRR that embraces the importance of biodiversity and

Experience of Japan

This manual presents Japanese Seismic Preparedness Maps, one of the tools used in Japan to communicate earthquake risks for better preparedness at the community level.The intended audience of this handbook is government officials and

This report provides a summary of foreign residents' risk perception and their disaster preparedness, as well as lessons learnt from a disaster preparedness activity in Kobe, Japan. In a globalised world, the awareness of risks in a new environment and

This document presents the findings of a case study of the Chile-Japan bi-national tsunami and earthquake drill held simultaneously in Valparaiso, Chile and Hososhima, Japan. The exercise emulated an earthquake with a tsunami of 8.8 Richter scale. The

This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to facilitate disaster risk reduction and

This overview of 15 emblematic cities, co-edited by UNESCO and ARCEAU-IdF, is simultaneously the result of concrete scientific presentations and a call for general mobilisation to devise the sustainable urban policies the world needs. This book marks an