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2014 World Disasters Report: Focus on Culture and Risk

16 Oct 2014
The 2014 World Disasters Report takes on a challenging theme that looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. The report asks, for example, what should be done wh...
Report, Video, Community Engagement and Accountability, Risk Assessment
Assessment or evaluation

Post project impact assessment of DRR interventions in Katakwi, Uganda

04 Oct 2014
From 2010 – 2011 the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), with support from the American Red Cross (ARC), implemented a disaster risk reduction project (DRR) in the Teso sub-region of Eastern Uganda. Known informally as the “Katakwi DRR Projec...
Assessment or evaluation, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment
Assessment or evaluation, Video

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013

26 Sep 2014
The third edition of the United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR): “From shared risk to shared value: The business case for disaster risk reduction” is a resource for understanding and analyzing global dis...
Assessment or evaluation, Video, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Analysis of legislation related to disaster risk reduction in Brazil

25 Sep 2014
Brazil has in the recent past increased the number of initiatives on disaster risk reduction (DRR). This has been triggered especially by the recent episodes of serious disasters hitting the country, notably floods and landslides, for example, in 2...
Case Study, Disaster Law
Case Study

Analysis of legislation related to disaster risk reduction in the Dominican Republic

25 Sep 2014
The Dominican Republic is the second most vulnerable country in the Caribbean after Haiti, being exposed to tropical storms and hurricanes, floods, droughts, wildfires and landslides, as well as being at considerable risk from seismic events and ts...
Case Study, Disaster Law
Case Study

Ethiopia: Country Case Study Report / How Law and Regulation Supports Disaster Risk Reduction

25 Sep 2014
Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, has a total population estimated at 88 million (the third largest population in Africa), and contains over 80 ethnic groups spread over nine regional states and two city administrations, yet des...
Case Study, Disaster Law, Drought
Case Study

Guatemala: Estudio de Caso / Cómo la Ley y la Normativa Apoyan la Reducción de Riesgo de Desastre

25 Sep 2014
Este informe analiza los marcos legislativos, de políticas e institucionales para la reducción de riesgo de desastres en sus niveles nacional y local, y la base institucional para la implementación de estos, a nivel nacional, departamental y com...
Case Study, Disaster Law
Case Study

Iraq: Country Case Study Report │ How Law and Regulation Supports DRR

25 Sep 2014
Iraq is exposed to multiple forms of natural and human induced hazards. The country is increasingly susceptible to natural hazards including drought, floods, epidemics, sandstorms, desertification, marshland ecosystem degradation, soil salination of ...
Case Study, Disaster Law
Case Study

Madagascar : Country Case Study Report / How Law and Regulation Supports Disaster Risk Reduction

25 Sep 2014
This report begins by considering the extent to which disaster risk reduction (DRR) is main streamed into the disaster risk management laws and institutions in Madagascar. It identifies key laws and regulations in the area of disaster risk manageme...
Case Study, Disaster Law
Case Study

Namibia: Country Case Study Report / How Law and Regulation Support Disaster Risk Reduction

25 Sep 2014
Namibia is vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, especially drought and flooding. Flooding is an annually recurring event which is worsening each year, with the northern and northeastern regions being the worst affected. Drought is increasingly d...
Case Study, Disaster Law

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