Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters

Publication language
English
Pages
25pp
Date published
01 Jan 2005
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Countries
Japan
Organisations
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)

 The World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held from 18 to 22 January 2005 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and adopted the present Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (here after referred to as the “Framework for Action”).

The Conference provided a unique opportunity to promote a strategic and systematic approach to reducing vulnerabilities and risks to hazards. It underscored the need for, and identified ways of, building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters.