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 paper introduces a successful planning model and methodology for mainstreaming disaster risk management in megacities that has been under development since 2000 by EMI with global and city partners.
Metro Manila, Philippines, with a population of

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.