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  1. Transcript of Remarks to UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) regarding recovery efforts in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami by UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery President Bill Clinton.
  2. "This report seeks to analyze the underlying causes of continued disaster vulnerability, to showcase best practice from the field and to highlight some of the key issues emerging from the WCDR Conference at Kobe."
  3. 'A white paper based on discussions held at the workshop “Open-source catastrophe risk modeling: how can we do it better?”'
  4. This site outlines "a paradigm shift from Post-disaster reconstruction & relief to Pre-disaster Pro-active approach".
  5. The Disaster Prevention Research Institute was established in 1951 and carries out research on a variety of problems related to the prevention and reduction of natural disasters.
  6. Discussion paper of the World Bank Vulnerability and Adaptation Resource Group outlinging the need for strategic coordination including the exchange of information, methodologies and tools between experts and institutions working on disaster risk manageme
  7. An inventory of risk analysis and vulnerability assessment tools compiled by UN-HABITAT, UNDP (BCPR), OAS, ADPC, and others working with UN-ISDR/Working Group 3.
  8. A group focusing on studies and action relating disasters and development. The study group is hosted through the UK Development Studies Association.
  9. A short article in the Environment Times outlining the importance natural disaster risk management to the World Meteorological Organisation.
  10. Presentation by Margaret Arnold from the World Bank Hazard Management Unit to the National Academy of Sciences Disasters Roundtable Workshop June 21, 2005.

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