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The aim of this paper was to establish the level and impact of certain demographic and socioeconomic characteristics on pandemic disaster fear caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Policies and plans
The Beijing Declaration is the outcome of the Belt and Road Ministerial Forum for International Cooperation in Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Management. 
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Today, Serbia became the first country in the pan-European region to launch a National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Industrial Safety, supported by UNECE in the framework of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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Documents and publications
The objective of this research was to examine the capacity development of local self-governments in the field of disaster risk management (DRM).
The impacts of disaster risk on sovereign asset and liability management
Documents and publications
This report discusses how Implicit contingent liabilities, such as those generated by natural disasters, are often not quantified in the government balance sheet.
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Documents and publications
The present paper proposes a methodology for the allocation of large-scale nature-based solutions using suitability mapping.
Zdravko Maksimović, City of Kraljevo
Following two disasters, the city of Kraljevo, Serbia established a new disaster risk reduction framework, calling for the local community to take a more active role.
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18 cities and municipalities in the West Morava basin, prone to the risk of floods, earthquakes and landslides, signed the Agreement on inter-municipal cooperation
United Nations Development Programme - Serbia

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