Scientific Outputs
28 March 2014
Understanding and documenting impacts from natural hazards is the foundation for decision-making and policy-setting in disaster risk reduction. The impacts range from human effects such as displacement, homelessness and fatalities, to environmental (wetla
Scientific Outputs
28 January 2014
In this issue of the IRDR newsletter we look back at some of the major activities and events in which the Programme planned and/or participated in, and the advances the four projects made during 2013 in pursuit of the IRDR mission.Contents of Vol. 5 No. 1
Scientific Outputs
04 December 2013
Scientific research and practitioner experience have revealed that disasters, development and poverty are intimately linked. Destruction of assets and livelihoods in disasters set back hard-won development gains and worsen poverty, often for extended peri
Scientific Outputs
30 September 2013
AbstractIn a study commissioned by Directorate General Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection of the European Commission, the Joint Research Centre formulates technical recommendations for a European approach to standardize loss databases. Loss data are us
