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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is about disaster mitigation or disaster preparedness, it is different to disaster relief and for the most part has a much lower profile. Although the impact is less dramatic it can be very effective.
Disaster risk reduction is a systematic approach to reducing vulnerability and should be regarded as part of long-term sustainable development work and should be a core element of development programme planning..
The Brief on a simple methods to make houses safer during earthquakes.
Document on the emergency preparedness plans that resulted from the experience carried out in the emergency preparedness project in Peru. The methodology will have to be revised according to other more comprehensive risk reduction experiences and strategies that are implemented institutionally but that lack instruments such as the one described here.
A technical information service aimed at tackling poverty through the use of low cost solutions.
