Managing Disasters

This section covers the range of issues which relate to preparing for and responding to disasters.  Having an awareness of how the different elements of the disaster cycle relate to one another is important in ensuring a comprehensive response.

All these pages have been revised and updated in June 2011.

 

Click on the links below to access each individual page or download as a PDF.

• The Disaster Cycle
• Linking preparedness, response, recovery
• Reducing disaster risk
• Contingency planning
• Climate change
• Environmental concerns in disasters