Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2011

Integrated disaster risk management (IDRiM) is a lofty and ambitious goal. It would bridge scales from the global to the local, involving a wide range of actors or stakeholders. .....

This paper discusses four themes: the importance of the terrorism threat relative to other forms of crisis and disaster; paradoxes and possible distortions in how it is perceived and .....

t In order to improve disaster risk understanding and disaster risk management performance in Latin America and the Caribbean a transparent, representative and robust system of indicators was .....

Implementation science should be developed and implemented in a scientific manner. Because implementation deals with how well scientific knowledge is implemented in an .....

This paper examines recent experience with insurance and other risk-financing instruments in developing countries, informed by experience in developed countries, to provide insights on the .....