The United Nations Sendai (2015) framework aims to reduce disaster risk. We offer a careful definition and computation … of the individual and property risk targets. Selecting the largest and better studied class of “natural disasters” over … the period 1970-2018, we show that individual risk is “likely” falling, that property risk is neither rising nor falling …

their clients’ natural disaster risk … disaster area. We find robust evidence that banks charge significantly higher loan spreads for firms located in the … neighborhood of the disaster area than for remote firms. The results are not driven by regional spillovers, limited credit supply …

In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at … the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14 - 18, 2015). We review and discuss …

We provide the planner's solution to a model where households learn from exogenous natural disaster arrivals about … since disaster leads to pessimistic arrival-rate beliefs and taxes or mandates to fund mitigation, which reduce consumption …

Communities are at the core of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and community based approaches are getting increasing … the first comprehensive book available on CBDRR (community based disaster risk reduction) which outlines both research and … governments, NGOs, academics and corporate sectors in community based disaster risk reduction. It proceeds to examine experiences …

disaster risk resilience (DRR). This paper tries to emphasise the importance of DRR in dealing with natural catastrophesby …. It briefly talks about synergising risk reduction efforts with sustainable development goals through the Sendai Framework … sectors.Despite the suite of reforms that have been initiated in shifting towards resilient infrastructure and disaster funds …

same time, it is important that the government consider how the recovery process can contribute to disaster risk reduction … ministries and agencies, and local communities. An effective disaster management system covers the following five aspects: (i …) risk identification; (ii) emergency preparedness; (iii) institutional capacity building; (iv) risk mitigation; and (v …