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Scalable and replicable case studies to prevent disasters.

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A catalogue of evidence-based practices to reduce disaster risk.

Concrete innovations, inventions, and strategies are reducing the impacts of disasters worldwide. These practical case studies and proven strategies address various aspects of disaster risk.

The documented successes, measurable achievements, avoided disasters, and tangible outcomes serve as lessons for those planning actions to enhance resilience, reduce vulnerability, and protect communities from the adverse effects of disasters.

The case studies you will find below encompass a wide range of practical DRR measures, including early warning systems, community-based initiatives, green and grey infrastructure improvements, policy implementations, and innovative technologies that have been applied and proven effective in real-world scenarios.

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Cannes Climathon participants
Blog
Benoît Agassant
An innovative Cannes-do attitude to tackling major risks
The Cannes Climathon 2021 explored innovative climate solutions and disaster risk reduction strategies.
Disaster management team in front of a burned shop in New Delhi, India (2021)
Update
The house that doesn’t burn

More than 2.7 million Californians live in places with a high or extremely high risk of wildfire, as of 2007. That number is expected to increase, as the state is now updating its Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps.

University of California, Davis
Man looking at a flooded street in Bosnia (2014)
Blog
Zenada Čaušević
Central Bosnia Canton's path to resilience-building
The Central Bosnia Canton has initiated different projects and activities to build up the capacities of local communities, increase resilience, and reduce the impact of disasters.
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Documents and publications
When land, knowledge and roots are lost: indigenous peoples and displacement

This briefing paper seeks to better understand the unique risks, challenges and impacts indigenous peoples and tribal groups face in displacement.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
Duomo square in Milan, Italy
Blog
Piero Pelizzaro
Milan at MCR2030: Transforming streets with tactical urbanism
Milan is experiencing a period of profound renewal that has demonstrated the great level of adaptation of the city.
Christina Rosario de Oliveira and other members of the Itaipava NUDEC
Interview
Christina Rosario de Oliveira
From loss to leadership: Women tackle local risk in flood-prone Rio de Janeiro community
The volunteers enable residents to identify risks where they live – themselves – and use that knowledge to prevent future disasters.
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Disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management
The policy objective of anticipating and reducing risk is called disaster risk reduction (DRR). Disaster risk management (DRM) can be thought of as the implementation of DRR, since it describes the actions that aim to achieve the objective of reducing risk.

Featured stories

Houses that can float could protect vulnerable people from flooding

This concept retrofits houses with flotation devices and tethers them to poles - allowing the house to rise with floodwaters and descend to their foundations when the flood subsides.

Can wildfire prevention offer sustainable business opportunities?

Because of climate change, wildfires are becoming more intense and frequent. Prevention measures often come with a hefty price tag. Across Europe, fire-smart solutions make wildfire prevention more sustainable, by offering ecological, economic and social benefits.

Rain-related early warning in Japan

“The risk is imminent” translates as KiKIKURU in Japanese. It’s the name of an innovative early warning system for rain-related hazards in Japan. KIKIKURU was developed by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The system provides real-time hazard updates using a high spatial resolution of 1 km.

Developing local-level solutions

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Read the latest news from cities building their resilience.

Is your city resilient? Does its resilience help its citizens to prosper and flourish? Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) is a unique cross-stakeholder initiative for improving local resilience. See how cities around the world build their capacities to tackle disasters.

MCR2030 is a place where cities can find guidance and support to enhance understanding on risk reduction and resilience, to improve strategic planning to reduce risk and build resilience, and to take actions and progress along the resilience roadmap.

See below news from cities that have taken the leap to reduce disaster risk.

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