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This document provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use management-related tools to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban resilience and sustainable urban development. The guidance  is illustrated through case

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This report discusses cities’ resilience from economic, social, environmental and institutional perspectives. Ten case studies, including Antalya (Turkey), Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Bursa (Turkey), Cardiff (United Kingdom), Kobe (Japan), Kyoto (Japan)

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This study was conducted with the purpose of measuring the disaster and emergency readiness of organizations that work or that have the potential of working in disasters and emergencies. Within the scope of the study, a web-based questionnaire was applied

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Procedia Technology 26, 2016, pp. 382-390, doi:10.1016/j.protcy.2016.01.027:

The aim of the study is to increase disaster resilience by using mobile technologies to ensure citizens play an active role in disaster management. It addresses the

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This report measures progress and gaps in the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions in Gaziantep, Gaziantep (Turkey). It enhances understanding of risk among stakeholders and establishes a baseline for future interventions.

Local reports are

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This Guidebook describes the principles, tools and practices of three (3) urban disaster risk and resilience indicator systems based on EMI’s collective experience in implementing them in various urban settings in the last decade with local authorities

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Flood resilience review May 2015

This report provides a case study on the effects of the major floods that swept through the Balkan region in 2014 and the efforts that were undertaken to increase resilience in the Balkan region. In this context, the

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This document reports on Turkey's progress on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) during the period 2013-2015, presents the outcome statements for the three HFA strategic goals, and answers the key questions.

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