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Publications are arranged dynamically in several categories.

Articles
Inferring the Flood Frequency Distribution for an Ungauged Basin Using a Spatially Distributed Rainfall-Runoff Model
Recent Advances in Flood Forecasting and Flood Risk Assessment
Quantitative Risk Analysis for Landslides – Examples from Bıldudalur, NW-Iceland
Quantitative Risk Analysis for Landslides – Examples from Bıldudalur, NW-Iceland
Assessing Tsunami Vulnerability, an Example from Herakleio, Crete

Case Studies (documents)
10 lessons Learned from the South Asia Tsunami of 26 December 2004
Historical Disasters in the Guadalupe River Basin
Decision Support System for Floodwater Spreading Site Selection in Iran
Impacts of Flood Hazard and Coping Strategies: A Case Study of Jagatpur Village Development Committee in Chitwan District, Nepal
Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies

Declarations
Delhi Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia 2007
Conclusions from Two Workshops on Planning Processes, Social Inclusion and Local Knowledge for Disaster Preparedness
Dhaka Declaration
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters
Sustainable Flood Prevention:

Dissertations
Design of an Interface between GIS and a Software for Seismic Response Analysis (SHAKE)
A 2D multi-resolution Urban Flood Propagation Model Using Simplified Navier-Stokes Equations
Rainfall estimation by Remote Sensing for conceptual rainfall-runoff modelling in the Upper Blue Nile Basin
Rainfall Analysis and Flood Hydrograph Determination in the Munster Blackwater Catchment
Development and Examinations of Flood Warning Systems for the Munster Blackwater at Mallow

DP Plans
Words Into Action: A Guide for Implementing the Hyogo Framework
Draft National Plan for Disaster Management 2007-2015
A Facilitators Guidebook for Community Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Action Plan
Disaster Preparedness for Natural Hazards: Current Status in Nepal
Disaster Preparedness for Natural Hazards: Current Status in Pakistan

Gender and DP
Gender and Natural Disasters
Gender and Natural Disasters: New Challenges for Mountain Development
Passport to Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Emergency Programme
Working with Women at Risk: Practical Guidelines for Assessing Local Disaster Risk
Conclusions from Two Workshops on Planning Processes, Social Inclusion and Local Knowledge for Disaster Preparedness

ICIMOD Publications
Local Knowledge for Disaster Preparedness: A Literature Review
Gender and Natural Disasters: New Challenges for Mountain Development
The Snake and the River Don't Run Straight: Local Knowledge on Disaster Preparedness in the Eastern Terai of Nepal (English)
Proceedings from Two Workshops on Planning Processes, Social Inclusion, and Local Knowledge for Disaster Preparedness
The Snake and the River Don't Run Straight: Local Knowledge on Disaster Preparedness in the Eastern Terai of Nepal (Nepali Language)

IEC Material - Brochure
Poorly Constructed Buildings kill People During Earthquakes: Press Release UNISDR
Early Warning Systems can save Lives when Cyclones Strike: Press Release UNISDR
Terminology: Basic Terms of Disaster Risk Reduction
ISDR Biblio 3: Health, Disasters and Risk
Environmental Sustainability and Disaster Risk Reduction

Journals
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences: An Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union
Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management
Journal of Earthquake Engineering
The Electronic Journal of Disaster Science
id21 Natural Reosources Highlight #3, Forestry: Flood and forests-integrating flood management

Key Documents
Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Poverty Reduction Good Practices and Lessons Learned
Forecasting earthquakes: Is it possible?
Earthquake Online Quiz
Poorly Constructed Buildings kill People During Earthquakes: Press Release UNISDR
Early Warning Systems can save Lives when Cyclones Strike: Press Release UNISDR

Manual
Passport to Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Emergency Programme
Working with Women at Risk: Practical Guidelines for Assessing Local Disaster Risk
Training Modules for Climate and Flood Forecast Applications in Agriculture
Guidelines National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction
Community Based Disaster Risk Management, Field Practitioners' Handbook

Newsletter
Global Risk Identification Program GRIP 2007 Achievements
UNISDR Highlights April 2008
APFM Newsletter No 16: March 2008
UN/ISDR Highlights March 2008
UN/ISDR Highlights February 2008

Others (documents)
Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development: Understanding the Links Between Development, Environment and Natural Disasters
Early Lessons from Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Projects in South-eastern Africa
Adaptation to Climate Change Setting the Agenda for Development Policy and Research
What, Who, How and When of Experiencing Floods as a Disaster
Passport to Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Emergency Programme

Papers
Forecasting earthquakes: Is it possible?
Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development: Understanding the Links Between Development, Environment and Natural Disasters
Development of Flood Risk Map Using GIS for Sg. SELANGOR Basin
Floods: Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health
Human Adaptation for Survival Against Floods in Sabah Floodplain Areas: the Past and the Present

Policy Brief/Advocacy
Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness WHO Six-year Strategy for the Health Sector and Community Capacity Development,
SWISS Disaster Reduction Strategy for Central Asia 2004-2008
Social Vulnerability Sustainable Livelihoods and Disasters
Conducting Flood Loss Assessments A Tool for Integrated Flood Management
Formulating A Basin Flood Management Plan: A Tool for Integrated Flood Management

Presentation
Challenges to Coping Strategies with Agrometeorological Risks And Uncertainties In Asian Regions
Flash Floods in the Himalayas and Vulnerability Analysis
Presentation on Disaster Risk Reduction and Implementation of The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters
“New Tools for Disaster Preparedness in Nepal: Strategy, Policy and Act - How is Social Inclusion Reflected
DuryogNivaran: A network for disaster mitigation in South Asia

Project Publications
Applying Environmental Assessment for Flood Management A Tool for Integrated Flood Management
Conducting Flood Loss Assessments A Tool for Integrated Flood Management
Formulating A Basin Flood Management Plan: A Tool for Integrated Flood Management
Historical Disasters in the Guadalupe River Basin
Global Survey of Early Warning System

Recently added
17 New Documents Added in April 2008
Documents recently added in December 2007
New documents added in November 2007
New documents added in Ocotber 2007

Reports
Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Poverty Reduction Good Practices and Lessons Learned
Communicable Disease Risk Assessment and Interventions Cyclone NARGIS: Myanmar 2008
Climate Change–Induced Water Stress and its Impact On Natural and Managed Ecosystems
Disaster Risk Reduction Strategic Framework 2008-2012
Guidance on Flash Flood Management: Recent Experiences from Central and Eastern Europe

Review (documents)
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Integration to Socio-Economic Development
Natural Disasters Data Book- 2005: An Analytical Overview
Are Recent Flood Disasters the Result of Climate Change?
Climate Change Influences Disaster Trends
Deadly History of Earthquakes

Stories
10 lessons Learned from the South Asia Tsunami of 26 December 2004
Good Practices: Disaster Risk Reduction Review Mitigation and Preparedness in Development and Emergency Programming
Some of Women’s Disaster Stories: What About Yours?
Building Disaster Resilient Communities: Good Practices and Lessons Learned
Disaster Preparedness through Mosque!


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