07 Aug 2015
Communities in the Pacific region face a number of new challenges during an era of unprecedented social change. Major towns are growing rapidly as people leave rural areas in search of opportunities. There is an increase in informal settlements, wher...
Tags: Report, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management
18 Oct 2013
This report examines the relationship between disasters and poverty. It concludes that, without concerted action, there could be up to 325 million extremely poor people living in the 49 countries most exposed to the full range of natural hazards...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Flood
31 Jan 2014
The joint UN-HABITAT/WHO report Hidden cities is the result of an intensive collaboration between the UN-HABITAT head office in Nairobi, Kenya,and the World Health Organization. Broad physical, social and economic determinants influence the health ...
Tags: Report, Urban Risk Reduction