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This paper presents the reports made on the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas by the chairman, IOC secretariat, working groups and tasks teams, and other intergovernmental

This book addresses water policy and law and other aspects of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), including measures undertaken to satisfy demand for water in an environment exposed to risks of impact of unpredictable natural occurrences, such

L’objet du Règlement de Construction Parasismique (RPS2000) est de:

a) Définir l’action sismique sur les bâtiments ordinaires au cours des tremblements de terre.
b) Présenter un recueil d’exigences minimales de conception et de calcul ainsi que des

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La présente étude, dirigée et financée par la Banque Mondiale, concerne l'adaptation au changement climatique et aux désastres naturels de l'aire urbaine du Grand Tunis. Elle s'inscrit dans un cadre plus large d’évaluation de la vulnérabilité

Summary of the regional study - June 2011:

This study is aimed to help better understand both the risks that North Africa’s coastal cities face by the 2030 time horizon, and to help prepare the required adaptive responses. Alexandria, Casablanca and

The increasing risk of disasters threatening the Euro-Mediterranean region and the growing importance of strategies to reduce disaster risks will be at the heart of the third meeting of the PPRD South Steering Committee to take place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 June 2011...

The first comprehensive training on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region gathered thirty leading specialists to discuss regional and global disaster risk trends. Organized by the UNDP Regional Centre for Arab States, it provided valuable insight on disaster risk assessment, mitigation and preparedness.

This policy-focused Global Environmental and Human Security Handbook for the Anthropo-cene (GEHSHA) addresses new security threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks posed by global environmental change and disasters. The major focus is on coping with