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These conference proceedings include the presentations given at the Fourth international symposium on wind effects on buildings and urban environment that was held in Tokyo, 4-6 March 2009. This symposium covered all major disasters including strong winds

The Tokyo Fire Department paraded firefighters, emergency medical service personnel, fast-response disaster teams and high-tech vehicles and appliances to promote public awareness of fire prevention, particularly triggered by earthquake, at its annual New Year event...

This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better.

Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series:

This book is one of the first attempts of systematic study that analyzes the principles of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and its applicability to the modern

This review aims at developing a common action plan that would facilitate public-private partnerships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in East Asia, based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders.

Its outputs

The international Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (the IDRiM Society) and its Journal (IDRiM Journal) were launched in Kyoto, Japan, at the 9th IIASA-DPRI Forum on Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM Forum)...

The “2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction” has been jointly published in Chinese, Japanese and Korean by the Cabinet Office of Japan (CAO), the National Emergency Management Agency of Korea (NEMA) and UNISDR . It was officially launched on

Meeting in Japan on Saturday, China, Japan and South Korea agreed to collaborate on disaster preparedness and management by sharing information and technology on measures such as improving the earthquake resistance of buildings...