Acts of God - Disaster risk reduction after the Japanese earthquake

This article, from a UN OCHA Senior Adviser and Professor at ISPI School, dispels the resilient myth considering the devastating consequences of natural hazards as "acts of God" and explains the concept of modern Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Stating that disasters are not inevitable, it uses the recent Japanese case as a model to show the extraordinary extent to which disasters can be prevented and mitigated and advocates for a decisive implementation of the DRR agenda.