Disaster risk management

The publication presents implementation-oriented concepts, instruments and methods for risk analysis which have been tested in projects funded by the BMZ and the German Foreign Office. It is aimed primarily at the staff of the GTZ and its partner experts

This publication provides a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organizations in adapting programming, project appraisal and evaluation tools to mainstream disaster risk reduction into development work in hazard-prone countries. The

The emphasis of the study is very much on process. The study try to explore how project-related systems and practices can be used to ensure that risks emanating from natural hazards are appropriately considered (relative to levels of risk) and also, more

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The report includes full text of the Disaster Preparedness and Relief Act, 1991 that provides for the institutional organization, functioning and

This study introduces some examples of the current good practices on public private partnership for disaster risk reduction in Japan.

Following the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action at WCDR 2005, disaster reduction is given further attention in

The objective of the study is to examine cost-benefit evaluation models of natural disaster preparedness, mitigation and prevention measures in relation to the costs of the relief and the rehabilitation operations. The report aims at providing a simple

Vulnerability to disaster differs considerably depending on natural exposure to hazards and social conditions of countries affected. Therefore, it is important to take practical disaster mitigating measures which meet the local vulnerability conditions of

Over the past 20 years the costs of natural disasters have escalated significantly. The lives of over 800 million people have been disrupted and the number of catastrophes has nearly quadrupled. At present, the increasing global threat of natural