Country Factsheets

A compilation of country profiles built on available risk information. It includes a methodology to perform country situation analyses that allows for the preparation of comprehensive catalogues of risk assessment studies and the compilation of information on data availability, institutional capacity, legal framework, and national DRR practices. Country Factsheets provide essential baselines in terms of the current status of risk assessment, opportunities and challenges, existing local capacity ̶ both technical and institutional, support needs, etc. These are major inputs to:

• Delineate national risk assessment programs and implementation strategies;
• Establish institutional and legal frameworks for national risk assessments and management;
• Engage all stakeholders in national risk reduction activities.

The following displays the on-going projects in some of the countries.



Chile:

• Study of seismic and tsunami risk in coastal Northern Chile cities

China:

• Hazard risk assessment and contingency planning in China’s coastal cities

Ecuador:

• Design and Implementation of an Incentive System for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Municipal Level in Ecuador

Mexico:

• Risk mapping for strategic planning of shelter response for Tijuana
• Seismic risk assessment in 5 cities of Baja California, Mexico

Mozambique:

• National disaster observatory in Mozambique
• National risk assessment in Mozambique
• Risk mapping for strategic planning of shelter response for Maputo

Nepal:

• Municipal disaster risk reduction programme in Nepal
• Risk mapping for strategic planning of shelter response for Kathmandu

Pakistan:

• Inundation profiling through satellite imagery based approach

Peru:

• Monitoring of receding glaciers at Coropuna Mountain, Arequipa

Sri Lanka:

• National disaster observatory in Sri Lanka
• National risk assessment in Sri Lanka
• Urban risk assessment of Colombo