03 Feb 2017
Using wetlands to minimize the damage from disasters Defined as land areas that are flooded with water, either seasonally or permanently, wetlands are a natural buffer against disasters. Along the coastline, wetlands act as a natural prote...
Tags: Awareness material, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Risk Reduction
18 Feb 2014
As part of a project to enrich and advance the library of case studies showing good practices in disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction that are available to practitioners worldwide, the GDPC supported the development of a guidance tool on...
Tags: Guidance material
13 Mar 2020
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) developed this COVID-19 planning guidance based on traditional infection prevention and industrial hygiene practices. It focuses on the need for employers to implement engineering, administrati...
Tags: Guidance material, Communicable Disease, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)