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This brief discussion note takes a critical look at assumptions that disaster risks are likely to be addressed in the course of post-disaster recovery efforts and was developed in particular to...
As the international community places increasing emphasis on disaster prevention, there is growing interest in the potential of insurance as part of an effective ex ante risk-management strategy....
This guidance note focuses on construction design, building standards and site selection, and their role in the mitigation of risk due to natural hazards. The note provides general guidance for...
This paper is meant to provide additional information about indicators specifically relating to risk reduction in order to inform the possible selection and adaptation of risk reduction indicators...
This ProVention project on Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction supports this process, providing a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organisations in adapting...
Badu is working in the shop, but he's not being very careful. Little girl comes in and as always knows what to do when the earthquake hits! These films were were made by No Strings for...
This film is for DRR practitioners or those wishing to learn more about DRR practices. Good practice is demonstrated through case studies from Tajikistan, Malawi, India, Nicaragua, El Salvador,...
Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction is a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organisations in adapting programming and project appraisal and evaluation tools to...
Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction is a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organisations in adapting programming, project appraisal and evaluation tools to mainstream...
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of and introduction to key lessons from evaluations of relief and recovery/humanitarian response to flooding in the last 20 years from Africa, Asia and the...