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The Roadmap for Safer Schools is a guide to design and implement systematic actions to improve the safety and resilience of school infrastructure at risk from natural hazards.

A new report on lays out a new, tailored approach to increasing disaster resilience in small island developing states. What makes resilient transport especially critical for SIDS are the large recovery costs, the dependency on infrastructure for which there is no redundancy, and the major role transport systems play in their economies.

What can be done to ensure that resilience becomes part of the definition of "decent, affordable housing for all" in cities? That a safe home means one that can withstand extreme weather and other natural disasters?

The World Bank, with support of GFDRR, organized a knowledge exchange workshop on seismic resilience and underground metro structures that brought together Japanese experts and representatives from Ecuador and Peru, two countries that are currently building their first underground metro lines.

The West Africa Coastal Areas management program (WACA) can support West African countries to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities to climate and other hazards. 

As Turkey accommodates more students into its schools, it also strives to provide safe and inclusive learning environments.

How do you prepare megacities with population of up to 15 million people for seismic events?

The rapid expansion of school infrastructure over the last two decades has posed financial and institutional challenges for governments.

Resilience was the topic of many conversations I’ve had in the last few weeks. It really comes down to this question: as hurricanes will hit more often and with growing intensity, how can Caribbean countries avoid total destruction becoming the norm?

How can countries around the world help cities and communities increase resilience, safeguard lives, and protect properties? There’s one thing they must do: securing land rights for all.