17 Mar 2015
The Safe Cities Index 2015 is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report based on an index composed of more than 40 quantitative and qualitative indicators. Urban safety is a critical issue that is set to become even more important over time. S...
Tags: Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
04 Jun 2015
A changing climate and rapidly growing exposure to disaster risk presents the world with an unprecedented challenge. For developing countries, both less able to cope with the impact and more likely to be affected, the challenge is particularly severe...
Tags: Video, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Risk Reduction
20 Mar 2015
What is Resilience? It’s the ability of individuals, communities, or countries exposed to disasters to anticipate, reduce the impact of, cope with, and recover from the effects of adversity. Our resilience initiatives reduce vulnerabilities and s...
Tags: Video, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management