The dynamic nature and associated uncertainties of natural disasters greatly threaten socio-economic sustainability. Countries with limited financial resources and inadequate infrastructure are more ...

India, Oct. 27 -- PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, on Tuesday called for a comprehensive approach to ...

During the past decade, the world has witnessed an increase in the number of major disasters, such as the Asian tsunami in 2004, the Haitian earthquake in 2010, the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 ...

Mishra called for advance planning of recovery mechanisms to ensure that reconstruction efforts reduce existing ...

A team of researchers led by Nathan Clark of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, in partnership with the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS), has unveiled a comprehensive set of recommendations ...

The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) is evolving from a facilitating and funding entity to a catalytic fund leading on disaster risk reduction measures and climate resilience paradigm in ...

African ministers and heads of delegation adopted a Ministerial Communiqué at the inaugural International Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Africa, held in Maputo, Mozambique, ...

Fumihiko ImamuraEditorial Board MemberVice President, Tohoku University(In charge of Social Cooperation, Alumni Association, and Funds)Japan is facing the risk of large-scale disasters that can be ...

Natural disasters can strike anyone, anywhere, but they have a disproportionate impact in the developing world. Developing nations lose an average of 1 percent of GDP each year to disasters, compared ...

The baseline study on the proposed Disaster Risk Reduction Act, following the proposal for the National Disaster Management ...

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra on Tuesday called for a comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction, stressing the need to ...

The findings will form a foundation for NADMA to reinforce national disaster governance.