The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction ended with an agreement lacking ambition. The conference showed that better communication between the scientific community and decision-makers ...

Disaster risk reduction should be embedded in policymaking, especially industrial and spatial planning, to prevent economic activities from damaging the environment and thereby exacerbating the ...

The study shows that a disability-inclusive disaster education program in primary schools in Yogyakarta significantly ...

PUCHONG: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has proposed a National Disaster Management Council to be the country's highest ...

The establishment of a national disaster management council, proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid ...

Cabreros cited the role of local government units and local disaster risk reduction and management offices in disaster ...

In November 2007, the state of Tabasco suffered its worst flood in the past 50 years. A week of heavy rains and storms inundated the oil-rich state and more than one million people - approximately 50% ...

LEGAZPI CITY (PIA) — The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) of Bicol has activated its central ...

With World Bank support, Morocco has made significant strides since 2008 in strengthening its disaster and climate resilience. This has included gradual transition from a post-disaster approach ...

Residential areas in Cebu are flooded by Typhoon “Tino” (Kalmaegi) in this Nov. 4 photo. —AP MANILA, Philippines -- While the Philippines has been lauded for having one of the region’s ...