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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was born out of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-2000. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters (2nd edition).