Disasters have become serial killers of humanity, and with the growth of population, mankind is becoming increasingly vulnerable. Disasters are a true litmus test of good governance
Vocabulary:
Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters
Peril classification and hazard glossary
Hazard definition and classification review
Is there such a thing as a 'natural disaster'?
Lost for words amongst disaster risk science vocabulary?
A dilemma of language: 'natural disasters' in academic literature
Cascading disasters:
Cascading disasters - definition and discussion
Interconnected risks, cascading disasters and disaster management policy - a gap analysis
Dealing with cascading multi-hazard risks in National Risk Assessment: the case of Natech accidents
Cascading disasters triggered by tsunami hazards: perspective of critical infrastructure resilience and DRR
Mapping & measuring disaster:
Mapping for DRR (MapDRR)
World atlas of natural disaster risk
The human cost of natural disasters
UN cities decline in deaths from disasters
Global Human Settlement analysis for DRR
DRR talks split on ways of tracking progress
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction - Atlas
A Global Human Settlement layer from optical HR/VHR RS data
A non-monetary global measure of the direct impact of natural disasters
A global comprehensive measure of the impact of natural hazards and disasters
Mapping global mortality and affected population risks for multiple natural hazards
Reporting disaster (by year):
GFDRR Annual Report 2016
Index for Risk Management - results 2015
Poverty & Death: disaster mortality 1996-2015
World Disaster Report 2015: focus on local actors, the key to humanitarian effectiveness
IRDR Annual Report 2014
Integrated Research for Disaster Risk (IRDR) Annual Report 2013
UNISDR Annual Report 2012
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011
Understanding disasters:
DRR
Natural Disasters
Understanding risk
DRR - what and why
WMO - united in science
Seven myths about disasters
IRDR working paper series - Vol 1
Urban risk reduction and resilience
Why is disaster risk so hard to grasp?
Data gaps hamper disaster risk reduction
Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
Paradoxes and Perceptions: 4 essays on disaster
Understanding the root causes of natural disasters
World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters
Guide to assessing integrated research on disaster risk
The FORIN project: understanding the causes of disaster
Preparing for disaster pays by saving lives, cutting losses
Reducing risks of future disasters: priorities for decision makers
Torqaid disaster risk management framework - seven key diagrams
Integrated strategic environmental assessments in post-crisis countries
Disaster Through a Different Lens - behind every effect, there is a cause
Disaster and disadvantage - social vulnerability in emergency management
The world's 10 riskiest cities: earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis
A comparative analysis of disaster risk, vulnerability and resilience composite indicators
The good, the bad, and the ugly: Disaster Risk Reduaction versus Disaster Risk Creation
Forensic Investigations of Disaster (FORIN): toward the understanding of root causes of disaste
Opportunities to improve strategic decision making in emergency and and disaster management
System-focused risk identification and assessment for disaster preparedness: dynamic threat analysis
Is "Fear Itself" the only thing we have to fear? Ppsychology in perceptions of the vulnerability of others
Application of behavioral theories to disaster and emergency health preparedness: a systematic review
When disasters and conflicts collide: improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention
Planning and preparing ahead for disasters:
Think Hazard
The audit of DRR
Incentives for DRM
30 innovations for DRR
How to survive a disaster
Tsunamis & tsunami hazards
How to survive a natural disaster
Saving lives today and tomorrow
Disaster Risk Managament for all
Reducing risks of future disasters
DRR recommendations & actions
Predicting the fallout from disasters
Do we need a global approach to DRR?
Working together - partnerships for DRR
Break down barriers to tackle disaster risk
DRR etched into global development deal
Crisis response and disaster resilience 2030
Global status of early-warning systems: Target G
How can the world prepare for natural disasters?
User-centered design for disaster risk visualisation
DEPP preparedness - disaster & emergency guide
Could targets make DRR something to brag about?
Formulation of a district disaster management plan
Searching for the human factor in deadly avalanches
Guide to assessing integrated research on disaster risk
A Diagramatic Framework for Disaster Risk Management
Getting it right: a new framework for reducing disaster risk
Antecedents of disaster preparation in risk prone locations
Dull Disasters? How planning ahead will make a difference
Towards the next generation of risk reduction and resilience
Basics of Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Reduction
Is it time to devise a faster response to slow onset disasters?
Global platform on DRR: we need a drastic change of course
Valuing what works: success factors in disaster preparedness
Global disaster alert and coordination system guidelines 2014
Global status of multi-hazard early warning systems: Target G
Inclusive DRM - a framework and toolkit for DRM practitioners
Awareness and preparedness for emergencies at a local level
Disaster management & risk reduction: strategy & coordination
Preparing for disasters in global cities: an international comparison
These disaster machines could help humanity prepare for cataclysms
Accelerating and mainstreaming DRR efforts - an intensified approach
Extreme geohazards: reducing the disaster risk and increasing resilience
Extreme geohazards: reducing the disaster risk and increasing resilience
Disaster targets and indicators for the post-2015 development framework
What does it take to mainstream disaster risk management in key sectors
Improving the assessment of disaster risks to strengthen financial resilience
Preparing for High-impact, Low-probability Events - Lessons from Eyjafjallajokal
Concern Universal: Making our community ready: DRR advocacy strategy 2012~2015l
The vulnerability sourcebook: concepts and guidelines for standardised vulnerability assessment
Hurricanes, heatwaves, fire, floods: Hospitals build defenses as climate change stirs the weather
Hazagora: surviving the next disaster? A serious game to raise awareness about geohazards and DRR
Post disaster recovery:
Hazard mitigation in disaster recovery
Guide to developing disaster recovery frameworks
Post disaster governance, complexity and network theory
Disaster recovery: the governance, economics and social impacts
Disaster interventions and humanitarian aid guidelines, toolkits and manuals
Can major post-event inquires and reviews contribute to lessons management?
Financing disaster preparation and recovery:
Disaster risk assessment and risk financing
Finance for emergency preparedness: links to resilience
A guidebook for National Development Banks on climate risk
The role of Nature in DRR:
Man versus Mother Nature
A landscape approach for DRR
The ECO-DRR instructor's manual
Outsmarting Nature during disasters
Natural defence against un-natural disasters
Nature-based solutions: do we know how to do it?
Protected areas protecting people - a tool for DRR
Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction
The eco-system based DRR case study and exercise source book
Helping nature help us: conserve ecosystems, reduce risk of disasters
Harnessing nature to protect our communities: natural defenses in action
Helping nature help us: transforming DRR through ecosystem management
The natural environment as a disaster hazard - the growing global health threat
The role of weather and climate in DRR:
Climare risk and response
Climate change and DRR
Climate change is key driver of disasters
Global increase in climate-related disasters
Majority of natural disasters climate related
Minimum standards for local climate-smart DRR
Cyclone evacuation to become a global example
Climate change and the Sendia framework of DRR
Caritas: Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
The human cost of weather related disasters 1995-2015
Building resilience in a changing climate - GFDRR programs
New study links climate change to mounting natural disasters
Disasters linked to climate can increase risk of armed conflict
Principles on investment and financing for water-related DRRc
Initiatives of indigineous peoples in climate change adaptation and DRR
Extreme weather loss and damage estimation using a hybrid simulation technique
The amazing decline in deaths from extreme weather in an era of global warming, 1900–2010
WMO atlas of mortality and economic losses from weather, climate and water extremes (1970-2019)
Towards the development & implementation of effective policies for DRR & climate change adaptation
Learning from the history of disaster vulnerability and resilience research and proactice for climate change
The role of the UN in DRR:
DRR in the UN
DRR across the UN system
UNISDR updated terminology
UN STAG platform and network survey
UN plan of action on DRR for resilience
2017 global platform for DRR proceedings
UN backs accountability on disaster losses
Unique opportunity to improve DRM and benefit
Global platform for DRR - chair's summary report
Disaster Risk Reduction in international cooperation
UN special thematic debate on Disaster Risk Reduction
Linking DRR, climate change, and sustainable development goals
UNISDR and partners plan for major advance in global disaster risk modelling
Closing statement of UNISDR science & technology conference, Geneva, January 27-29, 2016
DRR and the SDGs:
DRR and Development
Disaster-proof development
DRR and sustainable development
Transformative development and DRM
Promoting use of disaster risk information in land-use planning
Sendai framework:
Sendai framework for DRR 2015-2030
Post 2015 UNISDR framework adopted
UNISDR strategic framework 2016-2021
Analyzing the Sendai framework for DRR
The Sendai framework for DRR and persons with disabilities
Proceedings of 3rd UN world conference on DRR - Sendai, Japan
From Yokohama to Sendai: approaches to international DRR frameworks
Video of prep meeting for UN ISDR 3rd world conference in Sendai March 2014
UN sets the stage for adoption of a new global agreement on disaster risk in 2015
Technical guidance for monitoring and reporting on progress the gobal targets of Sendai DRR
Hyogo framework:
The Post Hyogo Framework: What's next for DRR?
Replacement of Hyogo Framework raised at UN committee
In-depth study of UN contribution to the implementation of the Hyogo framework for action
Reducing vulnerability to natural hazards top international priority says General Assembly President
The role of governance & government in DRR:
Governance in DRM
Leading in disaster recovery
Mainstreaming multi-risk approaches into policy
Local government – accounting for natural disasters: a guide
Connecting grassroots to government for disaster management
DRR and science should be the core to sustainable development
Strategic research into national and local capacity building for DRM
Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk
Evaluating partnerships to enhance DRM using muti-criteria analysis: application at the pan-European level
The role of knowledge in DRR:
The role of knowledge in DRR
Indigenous knowledge key for DRR
Online disaster preparation courses
Education and the global platform for DRR
The role of indigenous knowledges in DRR
Disaster is Nature telling us how to live resiliently
Indigenous knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
DRR in school curricula: case studies in 30 countries
Share Japan's knowledge and skills on disaster preparedness
Local wisdom: indigenous practices for mitigating disaster loss
Unmaking disasters: education as a tool for disaster response and DRR
Public awareness and public education for disaster risk reduction: a guide
The disaster-knowledge matrix: reframing and evaluating the knowledge challenges in DRR
The role of science & technology, early warning systems, and after-recovery in DRR:
Science for DRR
Using science for DRR
Science is driving new plans for DRR
The new science of disaster prediction
Science for DRR - JRC thematic report
7 things science teaches us about DRR
Science bodies set to join push to cut disaster risk
10 ways technology is changing disaster response
Don't count on technology to save you in a disaster
Which technology to use for disaster management?
Technological hazards: from risk reduction to recovery
Scientists begin building highly accurate Digital Twin of the planet
Reflections on a science and technology agenda for 21st century DRR
Integrative risk management - the role of science, technology & practice
Digital Twin driven intelligence disaster prevention and mitigation for infrastructure
Integrated risk governance: science plan and case studies of large-scale disasters
World Disasters Report 2013: focus on technology and the future of humanitarian action
Leveraging technology and innovation for disaster risk management management and financing
Connecting emergency management organizations with digitally enabled emergent volunteering
Design for impact framework - integrating open data and risk communication for decision making
Moving forward after Sendai: how countries want to use science, evidence and technology for DRM
Satellite-based:
Saving lives with satellites
Space: the final frontier of DRR
Space technologies key to risk reduction
Satellite earth observations in support of DRR
JAXA international charter: space and major disasters
NOAA satellites aid in the rescue of 207 people in 2011
UNOSAT encourages the DRR community to use technology to build resilience
Drone-based:
Flying robots: using UAVs to understand disaster risk
IT-based:
Disaster relief ICTs SDG enabler
Innovative apps for DRR win global attention
How can ICT halp in disaster preparedness and response?
Mobile-phones:
Infographic: mobile telecoms and humanitarian agencies
Global health and natural disaster alerts: preparing mobile phones to endure the unthinkable
GIS-based:
How GIS can help communities prepare for disaster
New tools in mapping for disasters and development
Challenges of GIS and remote sensing in DRR governance
Social media:
INFORM tool kit
Introducing Facebook's 'Safety Check'
How Facebook and Twitter changes natural disaster coverage
Algorithm discerns where Tweets came from to track disasters
Twitter as a potential DRR tool: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Comparative review of social media analysis tools for preparedness
Can social media predict disaster damage better than relief agencies?
Using ICT and social media in disasters: opportunities and risks for government
Early warning systems:
IASC alert, early warning and readiness report
Anticipating the world's most expensive natural disaster
Early warning, early action: mechanisms for rapid decision making
Alert and warning frameworks in the context of early warning systems
Learning from experience:a summarised view of early warning systems
Early warning systems - a state of the art analysis and future directions
From top-down to community-centric approaches to early warning systems
Japan's DOCOMO develops prototype multilingual app for disaster warnings
The role of business, the private sector and NGOs in DRR:
CSR and DSR
Business and DRR
DRR and livelihoods
Business and disaster preparedness
Triple test for public-privare partnerships
Guidance note on recovery: private sector
The state of disaster resilience of small business
Is business continuity management a misnomer?
What role can business play in dealing with disasters
Business engagement in humanitarian response and DRM
UN to private sector: change mindset on disaster resilience
Bringing climate change disaster planning into the boardroom
Assessing and managing climate change risks in supply chains
Harnessing the full potential of multi-sectoral partnerships in DRM
Examining linkages between Disaster Risk Reduction and livelihoods
What role does the private sector have in supporting disaster recovery?
ENGAGED: Enable Non-Govermental Agencies to Get Engaged in Disasters
UNDRR launches quick risk estimation tool for small businesses in Asia Pacific
Global business leaders call for reporting of natural disaster risk in company disclosures
New research examines why some firms prepare for natural disasters while others don't
Unified front: business partnerships for for effective disaster preparedness, response & recovery
As natural disaster threats around the world increase, so do risks to businesses' customers, supplies
Industrial accidents and DRR:
UNECE COP For industrial accidents
Chemical releases caused by natural hazard events and disasters
Why transboundary cooperation matters in preventing industrial accidents
The global responsibility to prepare for intersecting climate and nuclear risks
Guidance on adhoc rapid risk assessment of serious cross-border health threats
The role of resilience in DRR:
Resilience
Crisis and disaster resilience
DRR and community resilience
Disaster resilience: topic guide
Disaster resilience measurements
Hurricane disaster resilience study
Managing disaster risks for a resilient future
Can we measure the ability to 'bounce back' from disasters?
The Inverse Resonse Law: theory and relevance to the aftermath of disasters
From event analysis to global lessons: disaster forensics for building resilience
'Resilience': a stalwart of the post-2015 development agenda or just unhelpful jargon
The role of housing, building codes and engineering in DRR:
Safe havens
Prepared is protected
Earthquake reconstruction
NZ: strengthening your house
Toward safer school construction
Low cost, low tech, disaster proof shelter
How new homes can stand up to disaster
The urbanization of disaster management
New ISO standard to help assess fire risks
'Holistic engineering' in the wake of disaster
Assessing wind disaster damage to structures
Chernobyl's leggacy imperils many thousands
CIB: Research roadmap report for building and construction
Japan: levitating homes are possible solution to 'natural' disasters
Disaster resilience scorecard for industrial and commercial buildings
Bangaladesh tragedy underlines how deficient building codes can fuel disasters
The role of insurance, finance, philanthropy & development in DRR:
US disaster philantrophy practices
Assessing the real cost of disasters
DRR - Spending where it should count
Guidelines on measuring losses from disasters
Measuring the state of disaster philanthropy in 2015
Finance for reducing disaster risk: 10 things to know
Insuring countries against natural disasters: pool rules
To reduce disaster risk, finance sustainable development
Climate change earns a place at development finance table
Disaster Risk Management in post-2015 development goals
Financing DRR: towards a coherent and comprehensive approach
A community financing mechanism for DRR: the bio-rights approach
Integrating natural disaster risks & resilience into the financial system
Transforming DRR for more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development
Towards disaster-risk sensitive investments: the disaster risk-integrated operational risk model
Reviewing the estimates of the economic efficiency of DRM: pros & cons of risk-based cost-benefit analysis
The role of history in DRR:
On the meaning of impact in DRR
Analysis of the top 10 hydrogeomorphical disasters disaster events in Portugal, 1865-2015
REGIONAL:
Regional issues in DRR
Neglected displacement
Views From the Frontline
DRM at the national level
ACP compendium of risk knowledge
The growing role of regional organizations in DRR
Cost benefit studies on DRR in developing countries
Regional outcomes and priorities for DRR 2012-2013
Why is there a blind spot for disasters in fragile states
At-risk countries need shared climate solutions - experts
A cost-effective solution to reduce disaster losses in developing countries
Catastrophe risk models for evaluating DRR investments in developing countries
Climate change and lack of food security multiply risks of conflict and civil unrest in 32 countries
Asia-Pacific:
The state of children in Asian cities
Towards climate smart DRR in Asia
Climate-related disasters in Asia Pacific
Asia: Engaging the private sector in DRR
Asia Pacific: most vulnerable to catastrophe
Ecosystem-based DRR and biodiversity in Asia
Roles of Paciific regional organizations in DRM
Disaster risk management in Asia by the numbers
Millions of Asians exposed to big climate disasters
Disaster response and climate change in the Pacific
APEC backs incentives for business disaster planning
Disaster-prone APEC economies step up risk-reduction
Strong, safe and resilient: DRM in East Asia and te Pacific
UN official calls on Asia-Pacific region to reduce disaster risks
WHO - enargencies & disasters in the Western Pacific Region
Intense climate-related natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific
Asia-Pacific underscores disaster prevention and climate action
Asia most exposed to disaster risk but Africa likely to suffer more
Building back better: resilience and mental health perspective in Asia
APEC efforts to support emergency and disaster preparedness, recovery and resilience
At the crossroads climate change adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
China:
In China, lessons in DRM lead to regional cooperation
Can disaster risk reduction lessons be learned from China?
UN-SPIDER sets up office in Beijing to promote disaster management cooperation
China reports progress in natural disasters monitoring, emergency relief technologies
Japan:
Ecosystem-based DRR in Japan
Japan: toward mainstreaming DRR
Tokyo disaster preparedness handbook
Toward the reconstruction for sound and unwavering Japan
Tokyo 'has 70% chance of powerful earthquake within four years'
Good practices in DRR in Japan - private sector strengths applied
Tokyo's disaster prevention manual enjoys extraordinary popularity
Japan's government to enhance tsunami measures, panel doubles quake focal area
Mainstreaming DRM in dveloping countries - Japan World Bank Annual Report 2014-15
Building community resilience to disaster: legacy of the great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake
The long-run socio-economic consequences of alarge disaster: the1995 Kobe earthquake
ASEAN Countries:
PNG: Indigenous knowledge for DRR
A framework for DRR in South-East Asia
Indonesia: the disaster laboratory country
Thailand: towards resilient business community
Indonesia: geological hazard and risk assesment
Philippines: climate & disaster exposure data base
Singapore not safe from natural disasters: scientist
Indonesia: the role of satellite information to help rebuild after a disaster
Civil society roles in governing DR at national and local levels in Indonesia
Strengthening regional and national capacity for DRM: the case of ASEAN
Localising the humanitarian toolkit: lessons from recent Philippines disasters
Optimisation of decentralisation for effective DRR through the case study of Indonesia
After the Palu and Lombok disasters: a new chapter of disaster governanace in Indonesia?
Indonesia: climate vulnerability and adaptation in the Semarang a spatial and demographic analysis
SAARC Countries:
India:
India disaster report 2011
India disaster report 2012
India: people led disaster management
India - an ecosystem approach to DRR
India: Do's and dont's for common disasters
India: ecosystem based disaster management planning
Uttarakhand: development and ecological sustainability
Building back better: a more resilient Sikkim post 2011 earthquake
Urgency to strengthen science-informed decision mking in DRM in India
Unpacking mainstreaming DRR-CCA in the sub-national development planning: insights from 3 India states
Bangladesh:
Disaster resilient habitat, Bangaladesh
When preparedness works: case of cyclone Phailin
Nepal:
Community managed DRR in high altitude regions
Nepal risk reduction consortium - flagship programmes
Himalayan 'tsunami' shows need for science in disaster plans
Sri Lanka:
UNDAC disaster response preparedness assessment mission to Sri Lanka
Central Asia:
Mongolia: disaster risk management handbook
Country risk profiles for Europe and Central Asia
An international response to Central Asia’s severe disaster risks
Effects of a M7 earthquake on Aizawl, Mizoram and recommendations to reduce losses
ANZ:
People in disasters
AUS: From disaster to renewal
National emergency risk guidelines
QLD: Natural disaster management
Insurance industry reviewing risks in ANZ
Updating the cost of disasters in Australia
Australian Systemic Disaster Risk handbook
The growing risk of natural perils in Australia
Australian disaster resilience knowledge hub
Australia Report 2011: risks and opportunities
Supplier risk management: time to take control
Towards a more resilient and safer Victoria (Australia)
AusAID: 2009-2010 progress report for the Disaster Risk
Australia: National risk assessment guidelines - practice guide
Working as one: a road map to disaster resilience for Australia
Queensland review of cyclone & storm tide sheltering arrangements
Australia: the economic cost of the social impact of natural disasters
Helping remote northern Australian communities face natural hazards
Natural disaster management:collaborative communities for safer futures
Australia: new approach to data and reaearch critical to protecting lives and property
Quantification of production losses due to livestock deaths from disasters in Australia
The alignment of Australia's national construction code and the Sendai framework for DRR
Risk perceptions & responses to climate change & natural disasters in Australia, 2010 and 2011
New Zealand:
Action required to protect NZ from natural hazards impact
Managing natural hazard risk in New Zealand - towards more resilient communities
Community-based climate vulnerability assessment & adaptation planning: Cook Islands pilot project
New Zealand: visually modelling collaborative research into innovative community disaster resiience practice, strategy and governance
Americas:
Canada:
Canada: natural hazards - walking into tragedy
Addressing the new normal: 21st Century disaster management in British Columbia
USA:
US: the cost of natural disasters
Caught between climate and Congress
US: hazard mitigation assistance guidance
FEMA: suvey of hazard mitigation planning
Achieving disaster resilient US communities
US: National preparedness report card - States at risk
The White House strategy to improve disaster resilience
US: an evaluation of State climate and water preparedness planning
Hurricanes, floods and volcanoes bring Americas together to tackle risk
US survey of national emotional response to emergencies and disasters
NOAA tool now brings disaster risk, vulnerability down to community level
Managing the escalating risks of natural catastrophes in the United States
Nature-based solutions can prevent $50 billioan in US Gulf Coast damages
US FEMA: national strategy recommendations - future disaster preparedness
US: developing pre-disaster resilience based on public and private incentivization
Geology for a whanging World 2010–2020: Implementing the U.S. Geological Survey
East Coast:
After Sandy, more in NYC could face storm evacuations
Hurricane Andrew disaster brought statewide system of building codes
Gulf Coast:
Why Houston fears the next big storm
Comparing the cost effectiveness of nature-based and coastal adaptation: a case study from US Gulf Coast
West Coast:
Strengthening Southern California
San Francisco emergency dashboard
California tests natural disaster early warning system
Pacific Northwest:
FEMA models catastrophic disasters for Cascadia
Latin America:
DRM for small cities in Latin America
Living in the heart of 'Hurricane Alley' in Cuba
Social vulnerability to natural hazards in Brazil
Reducing vulnerability in the Greater Caribbean
In Rio de Janeiro, thousands at risk from disasters
Institutionalising DRM: Latin America's system approach
Ecosystem-based DRR and biodiversity in South America
The Brazilian development agenda driving Amazon devastation
Ecosystem-based DRR and biodiversity in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
Weathering storms: understanding the impact of natural disasters on the poor in Central America
Scaling private sector uptake for climate-resilience infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean
Grenada: assessing vulnerability - an integrated approach for mapping adaptive capacity & exposure
Assessing social vulnerability to natural hazards in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro Mountain Region, Brazil
Europe:
How does Europe link DDR and CCA?
Europe: ecosystems approach to DRR
Disasters lead to new Europe housing strategy
Country risk profiles for Europe and Central Asia
Implementing the Hyogo Framework for action in Europe
ENHANCE: multi-sectoral partnerships and risk information
UNECE: resilience to disasters for sustainable development
Disasters in Europe: more frequent and causing more damage
Winter storms in Europe: messages from forgotten catastrophes
Mitigation of urban vulnerability through a spatial multicriteria approach
Recording disaster losses - recommendations for a European approach
Mapping the impacts of natural hazards and technological accidents in Europe
Strengthening Europe's preparedness against natural and man-made disasters
A risk society? Environmental hazards, risk and resilience in the later Middle Ages in Europe
South-East Europe, Balkans & Turkey:
DRR in the South-East Europe
Building DRR in West Balkans and Turkey
Strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems and risk assessment in the Western Balkan and Turkey
Italy:
Alpine hazards in South Tyrol (Italy) and Grison (Switzerland)
Italy earthquake: modern buldings, not ancient ones, pose biggest threat
France:
Paris: simualtion using AI for training and validating contingency plans
Switzerland:
Zurich launches innovative natural hazard radar
Basel (Switzerland): preparing for a seismic disaster
Disasters and emergencies Switzerland - Risk report 2012
Switzerland's position on the post-2015 framework for DRR
Preventing and managing large-scale disasters in Swiss cities
A method for risk analysis of disasters and emergencies in Switzerland
UK:
UK recovery handbook for biological incidents 2015
UK: Insurance fears for houses in areas with high flooding risk
UK DFID's approach to building resilience and responding to humanitarian crises
Nordic:
Sweden: a study of risk areas and scenario analyses 2012-2015
Africa & Middle East:
Disaster Reduction in Africa
The national risk atlas of Rwanda
Toolkit for national platforms for DRR in Africa
Natural disasters in the Middle East and North Africa
Indigenous knowledge for DRR: an African perspective
Conflict management and DRR: a case study of Kenya
Freetown's mudslides and the slippery slope of urban risk in Africa
Ecosystem-based DRR and biodiversity in West and Central Africa
Ecosystem-based DRR and biodiversity in Eastern and Southern Africa
Africa: Is marrying indigenous and scientific knowledge the missing link?
Middle East:
Overview of DRR in the Arab Region
DRR efforts in the Greater Horn of Africa
Horn of Africa: humanitarian implementation plan
Managing disasters and conflicts in OIC countries
Regional analysis of disaster loss databases in Arab States
Israelis, Jordanians, Palestiniians find a common enemy: natural disasters
An overview of environment and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab Region