Documents and publications

Portugal has made an effort in order to create legislation addressing disaster risk. For example, municipalities are obliged to identify flood risk areas and to use information in their Municipal Land use Plans; there are laws concerning prevention

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

The country report and progress made following the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is the collective effort of national government agencies, local government offices, non-government organizations, business groups, professional

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

En matière des risques naturelles seules le risques sismique est notable à Monaco, la Principauté se trouvant dans une region alpine de sismicité moyenne. Il en a résulté certains dispositions réglementaire, telle que l'étabilissement d'une législation

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

There is a National Policy and Legislation addressing disaster risk reduction in Papua New Guinea. The National Executive Council (NEC) has endorsed the National Mitigation Policy but the legislation is currently under review.

The National Disaster