The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

This article examines the significance of establishing a legal foundation for maintaining balance in emergency management, emphasizing the importance of legal and risk management systems in disaster ...

Bangladesh is undeniably the world's most disaster-prone country. Recurring disasters demolish the economic resource base of the poor people and drain out the economic potential. Effective ...

The Government of Armenia has recognized the importance of disaster risk management, highlighting that natural hazards threaten the country’s development. In this regard, the World Bank Group is ...

PHILIPPINES – CIRCA SEPT 2009:A group of people swim at Karangalan village circa Sept 2009 in the Philippines. Typhoon Ondoy left hundreds of thousand families displaced and killed hundreds of ...

Bangladesh, a low-lying deltaic country with a subtropical climate and flat topography, is highly vulnerable to natural disasters. Climate change has intensified hazards such as floods, cyclones, ...

In this undated photo provided Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a construction site in Taechong-ri, North Korea, in a recovery effort ...

Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...