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In line with its commitment to support disaster risk reduction, the European Commission has allocated funds to improve the capacities of communities at risk in Central America, Central Asia and South East Asia...

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Special Paper 35

The main purpose of this document is to provide state and local officials with information on various local tsunami warning systems and procedures, and to assist local jurisdictions

World Bank policy research working paper 3939, June 2006.

Cost-benefit analysis is a standard tool for determining the efficiency of planned projects. However, one of the major difficulties in risk mitigation investments is that benefits are by nature

Many factors determine the ability of a facility to withstand the effects of natural hazards. Decisions made throughout the life of an infrastructure project or a building - from design and construction through ongoing maintenance - affect the resilience

This paper outlines some of the causes of failure observed in the losses incurred by the passage of Hurricane Gilbert over the island of Jamaica in 1988. It also presents the observations made from the effects of the Woodford (Jamaica) earthquake of 13

NBER Working Paper No. 12813.

The year 2005 brought record numbers of hurricanes and storm damages to the United States. Was this a foretaste of increasingly destructive hurricanes in an era of global warming? This study examines the economic impacts of U

On February 22nd, 2007, about 70 professionals from the private sector and the development community met at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to explore the opportunities and challenges for developing Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs) for

This report provides a short overview on progress toward implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action highlighting the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA):

1. Legislation
2. Community involvement
3. Mitigation
4. Safe construction
5. Emergency