Documents and publications

This report provides a short overview on progress toward implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action highlighting:

1. National and regional context (risk);
2. A summary of the impact of initiatives on people and the economy, i.e. progress towards

This project report from UNESCO provides details of the work completed under the “Educational materials for education for natural disaster preparedness in Asia-Pacific in the context of education for sustainable development” project. Details of the

The report 'Sri Lanka historical disaster information system', a historical disaster inventory system, has jointly been produced by the Disaster Management Centre within the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights of Sri Lanka, and UNDP with

Article in: Science, vol. 309, no. 5737, 2005.

Social and ecological vulnerability to disasters and outcomes of any particular extreme event are influenced by build-up or erosion of resilience both before and after disasters occur. Resilient social

ODI Briefing paper.

This briefing paper offers some provisional answers, drawing on the results of investigations at ODI on the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters in eight developing countries and droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Vol. 1: Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations.
Vol. 2: Study documentation.

This report presents the results of an independent study to assess the future savings from hazard mitigation activities. The study shows that money spent on reducing the

This paper asserts that there is no denying that air and water pollution lead to serious negative impacts on health and various economic goods and services, and addresses the valuation of these impacts. Recent advances in our understanding links to a)

The booklet “Why advocate for disaster risk reduction”, covering the issues advocacy and disaster risk reduction (DRR), is jointly produced by Tearfund and World Vision International. The booklet is aimed at organisations which are already involved in DRR