Documents and publications

This Primer has been prepared as reference document for practitioners in the field, to guide integrated development planning teams in Latin America and the Caribbean in the use of natural hazard information during the different stages of the planning

Vol. 2, study documentation.

The National Institute of Building Sciences, through its Multihazard Mitigation Council, submitted this report to the Congress of the United States. This report presents the results of an independent study to assess the

This paper argues that despite encouraging progress, some international finance institutions (IFIs) policies are increasing people's vulnerability to disaster and that IFIs are missing important opportunities to help governments and communities reduce

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

Inter-American Development Bank - sponsored system of disaster risk and risk management indicators presented at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan. The indices estimate disaster risk loss, distribution, vulnerability and management

Economics Department

Many proponents of disaster mitigation claim that it offers potential benefits in terms of saved lives and property far exceeding its costs. To provide evidence for this, and to justify the use of public funds, agencies involved in

As un/natural disasters become ever-more frequent, aid dollars and development gains are being washed away. Catastrophe is no longer a brief dip on the curve of development but a danger to the process itself. The poorest of the poor are becoming more

World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Kobe report draft), CDR Session 3.7, Thematic Cluster 3.