<p>In response to the tsunami which hit eight Asian countries on 26 December 2004, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP) initiated a project to increase understanding of how this ...

This study is part of an annual series, developed by the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of ESCAP. It provides a yearly overview of natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region ...

As the most disaster prone region in the world, building resilience is one of the most important current challenges for Asia and the Pacific. Rapid and uncontrolled urban expansion with poor land use planning and management ...

Now more than ever, the region's development is reliant on its transport system. Whether to carry manufactured and agricultural products to international markets, food to rural and urban communities, workers to their jobs, ...

Since its establishment in 2005, the ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness has contributed significantly to the progress made in building a regional tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean. ...

The current paper provides a review of natural disasters and their impacts in Asia and the Pacific by disaster type, subregion and level of development. The first section looks at the occurrence of natural disaster events. ...

This study on “Disasters in Asia and the Pacific: 2014 Year in review”, developed by the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of ESCAP, provides an overview of natural disasters ...

This is the ENSO Country Reports document produced following the Regional Consultative Workshop on El Niño in Asia-Pacific held in Bangkok, Thailand from 7-9 June 2016.

<p>The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 resulted in widespread loss of human life and damage to infrastructure. The lack of a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean became evident. In late 2005, a Multi-donor ...

Since 2009, the Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness (TTF) managed by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has been raising awareness on the tsunami risk posed by the ...