Risk identification and assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend. Performing risk, hazard and vulnerability assessments is a key disaster risk management activity.

This theme covers aspects related to hazard/vulnerability/climate risk assessment, disaster risk modelling and analysis.

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11 October 1987

Between two earthquakes: cultural property in seismic zones

This handbook addresses three areas of concern for the museum administrator concerning the protection of historic buildings, monuments, and archaeological sites located in seismic areas.

Getty Conservation Institute, the

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

Central America allied against the Coronavirus COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the importance of preparedness and the coordination capacities of national and regional disaster risk management agencies. The notes below includes good practices and lessons learned from Central America and the

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

UNDRR Americas & Caribbean Magazine: COVID-19, a risk context

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of our global networks. A health crisis has shocked economies, policies, governance, trade, infrastructure. In short, it has changed today’s society and may well leave a significant mark on the shaping of

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean