Documents and publications

Today, the world is facing disasters on an unprecedented scale: more than 255 million people were affected by natural disasters globally each year, on average, between 1994 and 2003, with a range of 68 million to 618 million. During the same period, these

This policy brief outlines recommendations for integrating assessment of natural hazard related risks in project design, appraisal and evaluation. Their uptake depends, of course, on demand for such tools, as well as effective dissemination and use

The Disaster Risk Reduction: 2007 Global Review contrasts and compares contemporary trends and patterns in disaster risk with the progress being made by countries in implementing the priorities for action outlined by the Hyogo Framework. In particular

This publication presents a global view of major natural disaster risk hotspot areas at relatively high risk of loss from one or more natural hazards. It summarizes the results of an interdisciplinary analysis of the location and characteristics of

UN/ISDR Information Note to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, no. 3.

The UN/ISDR secretariat commissioned three papers to guide discussions at the High Level Dialogue of the first session of the Global Platform for Disaster risk Reduction

IATF/DR-11/finaldoc7

The eleventh session of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction, IATF/DR-11, 24-26 May 2005, reviewed and approved workdoc7 in its present format as a main tool for follow-up actions supporting the implementation of the

The Hyogo Framework calls upon the ISDR Inter-Agency Task Force and secretariat to identify roles, initiatives and partnerships that could assist in implementing the Framework. This has been pursued by the systematic process of compiling a "matrix" of

Extract from the final report of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (A/CONF.206/6):

The WCDR was held from 18 to 22 January 2005 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and adopted the present Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and