Latest additions to the knowledge base

The overall objective of the policy is to build safe and resilient communities by enhancing the use of and access to knowledge and information in disaster prevention and management at all levels of society.

The main objective of the strategy is to provide a pathway for the implementation of the national disaster bill and policy. It coherently provides the logical steps and actions required to bring about efficient and effective disaster management in the

Partnerships between aid agencies and climate experts are finally paying off by helping NGOs’ disaster prevention and response, but specialists question why it took so long...

Working paper 1: country by country vulnerability to climate change:

This report provides information on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in relation to their population size, reliance on certain sectors, vulnerabilities to climate change, and

An editorial on the recent inauguration of a disaster management council under a disaster management framework by President Jammeh, set up to ensure that Gambia is prepared for future disasters...

Held in collaboration with UNDP, a two-day national inter-ministerial dialogue on climate change was recently held bringing together decision-makers at all levels...

This map illustrates population density within and outside of a 10m Low Elevation Coastal Zone: Gambia.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. (2007).

Country-level estimates of urban, rural and total