Documents and publications

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has been promoting the integration of disaster management in development planning, the operational use of space technology in operational disaster management and regional

Issue 46

In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, national authorities across the Indian ocean region were charged, among other things, with developing tsunami information, awareness, education and resource materials for the media, schools, decision-makers

This publication is the result of an extensive piece of research undertaken by Tearfund among communities and government in Asia and Africa on community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM). It was done in two phases: the first phase identified good

This paper introduces the concept of school safety and describes some of its approaches in Nepal, a country vulnerable to many disasters, in which schools are particularly at risk, because they are not built with earthquake resistant technologies, are

The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Guide presents five years of experiences from more than 30 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, in particular in developing countries. It relates the experiences of Red Cross/Red Crescent staff and volunteers

This publication reports on the effects of disasters on human populations in 2007. This second issue analyses the 2007 disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database with comparisons to previous years.

In this year, 414 natural disasters were reported

Editors: Marcus Moench and Ajaya Dixit

This book provides initial insights from an ongoing ISET programme on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in South Asia. The study is being undertaken in the Nepal Tarai, Eastern Uttar Pradesh

This publication was distributed by UNICEF to prepare children to a hurricane occurrence. It contains preparation facts, general information about disasters, preparation measures and safety tips.