Documents and publications

Although the disaster preparedness law was developed three decades ago, it still remains relevant and required only minor fine-tuning.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Asia Development Bank have collaborated with the

This study is intended to identify the linkages that need to be established between the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The aim of this review is to draw on existing initiatives to examine each of the eight

This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.

This guidebook provides information about the risks associated with climate change, as well as providing ideas, tools and techniques for those who need to start taking action today to prepare. It is primarily aimed at government officers who would like to

Community participation has been recognized as the additional element in disaster management necessary to reverse the worldwide trend of increasing frequency and loss from disasters, build a culture of safety and disaster resilient communities, and ensure

This study introduces some examples of the current good practices on public private partnership for disaster risk reduction in Japan.

Following the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action at WCDR 2005, disaster reduction is given further attention in

The objective of the study is to examine cost-benefit evaluation models of natural disaster preparedness, mitigation and prevention measures in relation to the costs of the relief and the rehabilitation operations. The report aims at providing a simple