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Fourth U.S. city joins the UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign

Impact of last year’s Hurricane Sandy on the New Jersey city a key reason. ... More

Economic Losses from Disasters Exceeded $100 Billion Annually in the Last Three Years

Conservative estimates for 2012 are in the region of $138 billion. ... More

Two Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake

A visit to one of the worst-affected towns, Minami-Sanriku, in the Miyagi Prefecture. ... More

Keynote Address to 4th Africa Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

“Urban risk management in Africa is simply not up to speed.” ... More

Global Disaster Risk Reduction Framework Survey

Survey open until March 5, 2013. ... More

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