... for successful risk reduction identified during post-disaster reconstruction were: the location of reconstructed housing, the construction procedures and materials employed, the improvement of people's self-construction techniques, and the improvement of local risk-management skills. ITDG's first experience...

..., Risk Management 1. INTRODUCTION The devastating effect of natural disasters in vulnerable economies in the developing world, aggravated by the increased frequency and intensity of such phenomena, has drawn the attention of governments, donor agencies and development institutions towards...

...Earl Kessler Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) was established in 1986. It was restructured in July 2003 to focus on specific technical areas: climate variability and change management, urban disaster risk management, public health in emergencies, building national and provincial disaster...