Title: Local governments and disaster risk reduction : good practices and lessons learned : a contribution to the \"Making cities resilient\" campaign

Place: Geneva [etc.]

Publisher: United nations (UN). International strategy for disaster reduction (ISDR)

Year: 2010

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: disaster preparedness, disaster relief, municipal government, local government, south africa, peru, vietnam, fiji, pakistan, bangladesh, el salvador, indonesia, philippines, nepal

Abstract: Good practices and lessons learned by local governments in disaster risk reduction were compiled to showcase the essential roles played by local and regional authorities in addressing disaster risks at sub-national and local levels, but also the challenges and constraints to scale-up these efforts.

URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/13627_LocalGovernmentsandDisasterRiskRedu.pdf

Document type: Portal