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A policy framework towards enhancing the operational utilization space information products and services for flood management in Asia the Pacific
(United Nations, 2004)
United Nations statistics show that losses caused by natural disasters in the world totalled US$40 billion in the 1960s, US$60 billion in the 1970s, and US$120 billion in the 1980s (CAST n.d.). Global disaster statistics ...
Green growth at a glance : the way forward for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2006)
<p>In the Asian and Pacific region, facing ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic and human security, how will we cope with all these added pressures? How will ...
A policy framework towards enhancing the operational utilization of space information products and services for drought management
(United Nations, 2004)
Drought management aims at reducing the vulnerability of the community. Space information products and services are basically used as knowledge inputs to the overall process of drought management. To examine this, the ...