Natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, heatwaves, or droughts create vulnerabilities in ecosystems and human life. A hazard does not increase the risk of harm equally for everyone nor does ...

Increasingly global and continental policy frameworks such as the Africa Plan of Action and the Sendai Framework have promoted the importance of Indigenous and local knowledge and advocated for an ...

In Bangladesh, frequent natural disasters have disrupted the foundation of the poor's economy. To decrease the impact of such catastrophes, adequate planning and integration of disaster management ...

A two-day workshop of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Regional Platform (DRRMRP), entitled 'Knowledge Sharing on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction', kicked-off, today, in a hybrid format at ...

Despite the rapid economic and technological advances made by countries in Asia and the Pacific, people living in the region are almost five times more likely to have their lives and assets destroyed ...

The course brought together 13 participants, comprising students enrolled in the Joint Master's Programme in Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security (offered by UNU-EHS and the University ...

This article reflects on the disaster resilience responsibility framework within the National Disaster Management Plan, 2019. It argues that the DRRF lacks clarity as a guidance document for the ...