Show or Sort:
Integrating Geology in Urban Planning
The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at encouraging governments to make more...
The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at encouraging governments to make more...
Urban Geology and the Impact on Our Lives
Samples from Daily Life in Bangkok
The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at inducing central and local governments...
The Atlas of Urban Geology series is published by ESCAP in an effort to familiarize member countries with the outcome of a series of projects that are aimed at inducing central and local governments...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023
Mapping Resilience for the Sustainable Development Goals
Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...
Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2021
Special Report on Drought
Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...
Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...
This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future
The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...
The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011
Revealing Risk, Redefining Development
The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). It contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo...
The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). It contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo...
Ground beneath Our Feet, The
A Factor in Urban Planning
The status of urban geology in more than 25 member countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is reviewed in this series, which discusses the application of geology to...
The status of urban geology in more than 25 member countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is reviewed in this series, which discusses the application of geology to...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013
From Shared Risk to Shared Value - The Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction
This publication is the third biennial report coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The first and second reports focused primarily on public policy and the...
This publication is the third biennial report coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). The first and second reports focused primarily on public policy and the...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015
Making Development Sustainable - The Future of Disaster Risk Reduction
2015 is a critical year for the future of sustainable development. The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction highlights the connections between disaster risk and development and...
2015 is a critical year for the future of sustainable development. The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction highlights the connections between disaster risk and development and...
Urban Geology in Asia and the Pacific Region
As early as 1985, in view of the fast-growing economies and populations of the Asia and the Pacific region, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific became aware of the need to...
As early as 1985, in view of the fast-growing economies and populations of the Asia and the Pacific region, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific became aware of the need to...