Hazards Resources

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The WDC Thematic Portal on Hazards provides information to the hazards community on current global data sets, publication releases, visualization, and analysis. The distribution of the occurrence, frequency, and severity of natural hazards and their impacts on national wealth, quality of life, and development are important considerations for researchers, planners, policy makers, and business investors.

News

ISDR Secretariat Releases Disaster Risk Reduction: 2007 Global Review Consultation Edition
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Disasters in 2006: A Brief Review by CRED
Newsletter

International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC) Adopts Declaration
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World Bank Releases Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies, Edited by CIESIN and CHRR
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